Case study examples

• High energy coastline


  S. Gower, Wales
• Low energy coastline


  Netherlands coast
• Hard resistant rock


  limestone and chalk, Ballad point
• Soft rock


  clays, Swanage bay
• Wave cut platform


  Southerndown, S wales
• headlands and bay


  Jurassic coast, dorset
• caves, arches, stacks


  durdle door (arch), old harry (stack)
• blow holes


  stairhole, dorset
• spits


  Orford ness, suffolk (fast), hurst spit, hampshire
• bar


  slapton sands, devon
• tombolo


  chesil beach joins isle of portland
• sand dunes


  oxwich bay
• tidal flats


  river severn
• salt marshes


  essex 'saltmarsh' coast
• coral reefs


  great barrier reef, australia
• raised beach


  isle of arran, scotland
• rias


  milford haven, SW wales
• positive impacts of the coast on humans


  dorset coast, swanage
• managed retreat


  medmerry, west sussex
• coastal management


  walton-on-the-naze, essex coast

  hold the line- high cliffs

  managed retreat- crag walk

  do nothing- north cliffs
• conservation


  great barrier reef, 69,000 jobs
• offshore dredging


  hallsands, devon
• conservation of sand dunes


  ainsdale sand dunes, S yorkshire
• ocean trench


  peru- chile trench
• compressional mountain ranges


  himalays