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Wave is a flow of
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Energy not water
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Littoral
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Pertaining to the coast or shore
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Waves break
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When trough scrape along the sea floor near the shore
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Waves measured by
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Wavelength- crest to crestwave heights- trough to crestwave period- how many waves per unit of time
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Wave height
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Wind velocitywind durrationfetch- the distance over which the wind blows
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Coastline types
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Emergentsubmergentbuilt
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Emergent
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FORMALLY UNDERWATER LANDFORMS EXPOSED BY FALL IN SEA LEVEL1 built by forces below water2 sea level falls3 abrasion platfotms4 area where troughs were scraping along bottom and breaking
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Abrasion platform
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EMERGENT1 when rocky shoreline is eroded, a flat "planed" off area is created
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Marine scarp
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When shoreline is soft, waves create heavy erosion and make a steep marine scarp
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Submergent
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RiaFjordBarrier IslandFault coast
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RIA
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SUBMERGENT1 Rivers and tributaries erode away valleys. 2 Valleys become flooded and a hand shape bay is formed
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Fjord
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SUBMERGENT1 Glaciers carve out steep sided valleys. 2 valleys flood and become bays
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Barrier Islands
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SUBMERGENT1 Sand Dunes near the coast ARE HIGHER THAN AREAS INLAND2 Sea level rises making tops of dunes island3 Inland floods
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Fault coast
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SUBMERGENT1 wherever you see high cliffs on the coast 2 one block thrust up, another thrust down on a fault
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Built Coastline
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Created by any process that constructs new land along the coast1 Volcanoes2 Delta3 Coral Reef
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