coasts

=Year 12 Coasts= 

Tides animation [|http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moontides/]

Diagram of Refraction [|http://www.indiana.edu/~g131/waves20.gif] Read through the handout on Coastal Barriers in the USA. Using the following, or other suitable examples, explain, with the aid of diagrams, how each feature is formed.


 * a beach** (p85-91 in LS, ) eg, Miami Beach
 * barrier islands** Ocean City, Isles Dernieres, Core Banks []
 * a lagoon** Pamlico Sound []
 * spits** Cape Cod, [] = photo,
 * tombolo** Sandy Hook? []
 * baymouth bar** Martha’s Vineyard: (fig 13.10, Essential Geology) [] (map) []
 * salt marshes [] **