01:460:103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Baymouth Bar, Longshore Drift, Mass Wasting
29 Jul 2016
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Bridge of rock left above an opening eroded in a headland by waves. barrier island. Ridge of sand paralleling the shoreline and extending above sea level. baymouth bar. A ridge of sediment that cuts a bay off from the ocean. beach. Strip of sediment, usually sand but sometimes pebbles, boulders, or mud, that extends from the low-water line inland to a cliff or zone of permanent vegetation. beach face. The section of the beach exposed to wave action. berm. Platform of wave-deposited sediment that is flat or slopes slightly landward. breaker. A wave that has become so steep that the crest of the wave topples forward, moving faster than the main body of the wave. coast. The land near the sea, including the beach and a strip of land inland from the beach. coastal straightening. The gradual straightening of an irregular shoreline by wave erosion of headlands and wave deposition in bays. crest (of wave)
