ESC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Landform, Estuary, Seafloor Spreading

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Earth Sciences
• Course: ESC 1000
• Professor: Jim Vogl

Document Summary

Respond to processes that occur on both sides. From the water, most shorelines are afected by waves, which erode, deposit, and move sediment, rocks and loose material. From the land, rivers can contribute sediment such as silt and sand. Wind can move sand and iner sediment away from, toward, or along a beach. Most beaches are backed by coastal sand dunes. Fauling and other tectonic acivity can raise or lower parts of the coast. Currents can afect the depth of the water on the shore. Strength of waves and ides that impact the shore. Slope of the sealoor, where gentle slopes protect the shoreline and steep slopes allow waves to crash in on it. Coastline orientaion due to ofshore protecion (reefs) and seasonal changes in idal direcion. Hardness of the bedrock along the coast, which is relected in erosion. Amount and size of available sediment; rivers provide a fresh inlux. Tide changes in the sea surface of the oceanic shoreline.