News
• http://www.wbur.org/news/npr/114055974
• http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washi
ngton/articles/2009/10/28/administration_s
tresses_urgency_of_clean_energy_bill/
• http://www.boston.com/news/science/articl
es/2009/10/28/latvian_meteor_crater_hoa
x_backfires/
Rock Cycle & Coastal
Geomorphology
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Transport
Erosion
Deposition
Shale, Sandstone,
Limestone
Rock
Cycle
Weathering
Igneous Rock
Granite, Pumice,
Basalt
Sedimentary Rock
Heat,
Pressure
Heat,
Metamorphic Rock
Pressure
Slate, Quartzite,
Marble
Magma
(Molten Rock)
Fig. 16-9 p. 339
What features do you notice?
Erosion
• Mechanical weathering
• Chemical weathering
• Biological weathering
Source: Prince Roy
Source: wikipedia
Sedimentation
• Lithospheric
sediments
• Biological sediments
– Siliceous
– Calcareous
• Sedimentation Rates
– 1 cm/1000 years
(ocean)
– Up to 1cm/year
(estuarine)
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Passive Margin
Source: Wikipedi
Source: The Geological Society of London
Barrier Islands
Source: USGS
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Source: NASA
Cape Cod Animations
• http://www.playingwithtime.org/cgibin/browser/gallerydisplay.pl?clipID=0130
• http://www.playingwithtime.org/cgibin/browser/gallerydisplay.pl?clipID=0127
&page=&sort=&searchCriteria=
Drumlins
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• Products of
glaciers
• All point in
direction of ice
movement
• Layers of
glacial till
Estuaries
Tectonic
Coastal Plain
Bar-Built
Fjord
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Salt Wedge
Estuaries
Well-Mixed
Fjord-type
Partially Mixed
Source:
www.epa.com
Submarine Canyon
• Hudson Canyon
Source: NASA
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River Deltas
Nile
Indus
Source: NASA
Mississippi River Delta
Source: NASA
Beach and Cliff Erosion
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Coastal Landforms
• http://www.rgs.edu.sg/events/geotrip/bay.h
tml
• http://www.rgs.edu.sg/events/geotrip/cliff.h
tml
• http://www.rgs.edu.sg/events/geotrip/stack
.html
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Source: Geog Blog
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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S.
Geological Survey, Center for Coastal Geology
Sand Movement
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Longshore Currents
Source: www.usatoday.com
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Stone Harbor, NJ
5 October 2002
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20 October 2002
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Source: http://earthsci.org
Source: www.seafriends.org.nz
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Salt Marshes
Source: Alex756, en.wikipedia.org
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