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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