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Coastal

Zones &
Processes

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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%

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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

velocity, duration, fetch, water depth

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Ocean water movement
currents (large scale)
waves generated by wind
tides moon

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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

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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: ____________________

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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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