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Tag: longshore drift

Hold on to that Beach

29th June 2018 Sandra

Seaside resorts would lose their popularity and their customers if they lost their beach. Where the local council want to…

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Posted in: Britain - General, Coasts, Fieldwork Filed under: beach, coast, fieldwork, groyne, longshore drift, pebble, seaside resort

Drifting Pebbles

22nd June 2018 Sandra

Last week we learnt about longshore drift, and a simple method for finding out its direction on the day of…

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Posted in: Britain - General, Coasts, Fieldwork Filed under: beach, Chesil Beach, coast, fieldwork, longshore drift, pebble

Longshore Drift

15th June 2018 Sandra

When a wave comes in, breaks and flows up the beach towards you, the movement is known as “swash”.  The…

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Posted in: Britain - General, Coasts, Fieldwork Filed under: backwash, beach, coast, fieldwork, longshore drift, swash

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