XV. Shorelines

A. Waves (Focus box pages 566-567)
  1. basics
    1. wavelength
    2. wave base
  2. types of waves
    1. swells
    2. breakers; surf
  3. motion of water and sediment
    1. longshore current (fig. 20-9)
    2. beach drift
B. Shorelines
  1. depositional beaches (fig. 20-17)
    1. spits
    2. baymouth bars
    3. barrier islands
    4. tombolo
  2. human effects
    1. groin
    2. breakwater
    3. jetty
  3. erosional
    1. wave-cut cliffs, wave-cut platform
    2. sea cave/sea arch/sea stack (fig. 20-6, 20-7)
    3. terraces
  4. coral coasts and reefs (fig. 20-24)

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