2.5A Sediment transportation

• Traction = Where large, heavy load items are rolled along the sea bed,

  -> e.g. Boulders and pebbles
• saltation = Where lighter sediment bounces along

  -> sand particles usually transported this way
• suspension = Where very light sediment is carried aloft within a body of water or air

  -> e.g. slit or clay particles
• solution = Where very light sediment is carried aloft within a body of water or air

  -> e.g. slit or clay particles
• Long-shore drift = net lateral transport of material along the coastline when waves approach the coast at an angle. 

  
• Tides = changes in sea level produced by the gravitational pull of the moon and the Sun. 
• Current = flow of water in a particular direction, and they can transport sediment in the nearshore and offshore zones.