Beruflich Dokumente
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Zones &
Processes
Coastal Zones
US counties within 50 miles of coast = ____% area
Within those counties
____% US population
____% civilian income
Hydrologic Cycle
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Ocean water movement
currents (large scale)
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Ocean water movement
currents (large scale)
wind & atmospheric circulation
-Coriolis effect
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Ocean water movement
currents (large scale)
wind & atmospheric circulation
water density
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Ocean water movement
currents (large scale)
wind & atmospheric circulation
water density
salinity & temperature
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Ocean water movement
salinity & temperature
Ocean = ____%
Dead Sea =
26-35%
Great Salt Lake =
15-25%
Coastal Zones
Ocean water movement
salinity & temperature
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Ocean water movement
salinity & temperature
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Ocean water movement
currents (large scale)
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Ocean water movement
currents (large scale)
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Ocean water movement
currents (large scale)
waves generated by ______
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Ocean water movement
currents (large scale)
waves generated by wind
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Ocean water movement
currents (large scale)
waves generated by wind
tides moon
Coastal Zones
Ocean water movement
currents (large scale)
waves generated by wind
tides moon
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Ocean water movement
tides moon
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Ocean water movement
tides moon
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Ocean water movement
tides moon
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Ocean water movement
Coastal Zones
Where land meets water.
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Where land meets water.
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Where land meets water.
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Where land meets water.
average ocean depth ~ 13,000 ft.
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Where land meets water.
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Where land meets water: fjords formed by glacier
melting
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Where land meets water: _____________(passive)
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Where land meets water: marine terraces (active)
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Where land meets water: ________________
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Where land meets water: ____________________
Coastal Zones
Where land meets water: Georgia
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Where land meets water.
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Coastal Processes: beaches
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Coastal Processes: East coast beach system
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Coastal Processes: Beach
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Coastal Processes: Beach
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Coastal Processes: Beach, dunes storage
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Coastal Processes: waves, oscillatory
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Coastal Processes: waves, unidirectional
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Coastal Processes: swash & backwash
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Coastal Processes: swash & backwash
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Coastal Processes: longshore current (lahoral drift)
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Coastal Processes: littoral drift
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Coastal Processes: rip-tide, rip current
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Coastal Processes: beaches are dynamic
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Coastal Processes: summer/winter profiles
sand transport landward when not stormy
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Coastal Processes: summer/winter profiles
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Coastal Processes: summer/winter profiles
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Coastal Processes: littoral drift
sand is always on the move
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Coastal Processes: littoral drift & barrier islands
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Coastal Processes: littoral drift & barrier islands
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Coastal Processes: littoral drift & barrier islands
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Coastal Processes: interrupting littoral drift
sand enters system from rivers
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Coastal Processes: interrupting littoral drift
sand enters system from rivers
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Coastal Processes: sand in constant flux
what happened to source?
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Coastal Processes: interrupting littoral drift
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Coastal Processes: interrupting littoral drift
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Coastal Processes: interrupting littoral drift
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Coastal Processes: interrupting littoral drift
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Coastal Processes: cliff erosion, west coast
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Coastal Processes: cliff erosion
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Coastal Processes: cliff erosion, marine terrace
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Coastal Processes: cliff erosion, sand supply
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Coastal Processes: cliff erosion, interrupting sand
supply
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Coastal Processes: cliff erosion
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Coastal Processes: cliff erosion, dynamic system
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Coastal Processes: cliff erosion, _______________
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Coastal Processes: cliff erosion, refraction
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Coastal Processes: cliff erosion, refraction
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Coastal Processes: cliff erosion, pocket beaches
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Coastal Processes: sea level change, Ice Age
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Coastal Processes: sea level change, Ice Age
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Coastal Processes: sea level change, Ice Age
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Coastal Processes: sea level change, Ice Age
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Coastal Processes: sea level change, drowned
valleys
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Coastal Processes: sea level change, fjord
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Coastal Processes: cliff erosion, marine terrace
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QUESTIONS?