2.2 Coastal Systems
Course week(s)
Week 2
Course subject(s)
Water Systems
Welcome to the second lecture of the module Water systems. In the video below Marcel Stive and Judith Bosboom will teach you about Coastal systems.
Slides & Handouts
Study Goals
After this lecture you will be able to understand:
- Formation of coasts in climatic warming periods (interglacials)
- Coastline position on the shelf edges
- Coastline character
- Coastline erosion due to sea level rise
The Origin and Evolution of a Beach
In the video below you will learn about The origin and evolution of a beach.
Study Goals
After this lecture you will be able to understand:
- origin of the sediment
- longshore current
- seasonal variation
- relation between sediment grainsize and slope
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