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Page 1: Primary Coasts Young coasts Terrestrial influences dominate Types –Land erosional coasts –Built out by land processes –Fault Coasts
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Primary Coasts

• Young coasts

• Terrestrial influences dominate

• Types–Land erosional coasts

–Built out by land processes

–Fault Coasts

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Land Erosional Coast: Chesapeake Bay

Courtesy of NASA

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Built by Land Processes:Mississippi Delta

Courtesy of NASA/JPL 2002

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Built by Land Processes: Moraines and Drumlins

Courtesy of Fred Smith Courtesy Univ. Wisconsin Geology

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Volcanic Coasts

Courtesy USGS

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Fault Coast: Pt. Reyes

Courtesy of Geography Students in Towson Univ. Env. Applications of GIS Fall, 2002

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Fjords

Courtesy E.A. Vikesland

Aurlandsfjord, Norway Puget Sound

Courtesy NPL U. Wash.

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Secondary Coasts

• Significantly altered by marine processes

• Characteristics

– Irregular coastline

–Sea cliffs and sea caves

–Beaches

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Secondary Coast

North California Coast

Courtesy David Eppstein

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Beaches

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