'Longshore currents' presentation slideshows

Objectives

Shoreline Features. Objectives. Explain how shoreline features are formed and modified by marine processes. Describe the major erosional and depositional shoreline features. Vocabulary. wave refraction beach estuary. longshore bar longshore current barrier island. Shoreline Features.

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Objectives

Shoreline Features. Objectives. Explain how shoreline features are formed and modified by marine processes. Describe the major erosional and depositional shoreline features. Vocabulary. wave refraction beach estuary. longshore bar longshore current barrier island. Shoreline Features.

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The Dynamic Ocean

The Dynamic Ocean. Earth Science Ch. 16. 16.1 Ocean Circulation Ocean Surface Circulation. Surface currents develop from friction between the ocean and the wind. Surface currents are related to the patterns of the atmosphere. Large circular moving surface currents are called gyres.

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Coastal Ecosystems

Coastal Ecosystems. The most important coastal systems are beaches and coastal dunes. These are important ecosystems in their own right, but also serve as important habitats for a number of organisms that are residents in other ecosystems.

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Unit 10 Ocean Currents

Unit 10 Ocean Currents. Bill Nye The Science Guy on Ocean Currents Bill Nye The Science Guy on Ocean Currents . Intro video. Ocean currents. Surface currents Affect surface water within and above the pycnocline (top 10% of ocean water) Driven by major wind belts of the world

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Ocean Waves and Tides

Ocean Waves and Tides. Waves. Ocean waves can form from something as simple as wind or as violent as an earthquake They can travel through water slowly or incredibly quickly. Anatomy of a Wave. Waves are made of two main parts Crests : highest point of the wave

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Ocean Currents

Ocean Currents. Which ocean current if found off the coast of North Carolina? Is it a warm water current or a cold water current? How does it affect our climate and our economy?. Current off our Coast.

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Chapter 16 Section 1

Chapter 16 Section 1. Shoreline Features. Shoreline Features. Objectives. Explain how shoreline features are formed and modified by marine processes. Describe the major erosional and depositional shoreline features. Vocabulary. wave refraction beach estuary. longshore bar

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Ch. 22 Ocean Currents

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Chapter: Oceans

Table of Contents. Chapter: Oceans. Section 1: Ocean Water. Section 2: Ocean Currents and Climate. Section 3: Waves. Section 4: Life in the Oceans. Waves. 2. Whenever wind. blows across a body of water, friction pushes the water along with the wind. 3. A. Waves Caused by Wind.

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Earth Science 16.3A Shoreline Processes and Features

Earth Science 16.3A Shoreline Processes and Features . Shoreline Processes and Features. Beaches. Beaches: Beaches and shorelines are always undergoing changes as the forces of waves and currents act upon them.

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Shorelines

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16.3 Shoreline Processes and Features

Forces Acting on the Shoreline. 16.3 Shoreline Processes and Features. ? A beach is the accumulation of sediment found along the shore of a lake or ocean.

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LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND RIP CURRENTS: MODELIZATION TOWARDS AN OPERATIVE FORECAST

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Erosion and Deposition Chapter 12

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Ocean Currents

Ocean Currents. T he steady flow of ocean water in a prevailing direction. Ocean Currents. D riven by several factors Tides Wind Thermohaline circulation. Tidal Currents. Occur with the rise and fall of the tides Near the shore Bays Estuaries. http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/.

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