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34 Cards in this Set
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Barrier Islands |
Relatively long narrow island |
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Estuary |
Semi enclosed basin connected to ocean |
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Delta |
Fan shaped plume of sediment |
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Spit |
Sand bar that extends seaward from land |
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Marine terrace |
Elevated flat plateau-like platform |
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Tombolo |
Sand bar that connects barrier island to mainland |
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Sea wall |
Embankment build by humans parallel along shore |
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Groin |
Solid wall built by humans perpendicular to shoreline |
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Jetty |
2 long parralel walls built by human |
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Breakwater |
Offshore wall built by humans |
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Longshore currents |
Local current close to & parallel to shoreline |
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Refraction |
Action of waves approaching shallow water |
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Beach Rip Currents |
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Longshore current oblique angle |
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Convergent ocean ocean |
Marianas trench |
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Convergent ocean continent |
Peru chile trench |
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Convergent cont. cont. |
Himalayas |
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Divergent ocean ocean |
Mid atlantic ridge |
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Divergent cont. cont. |
East african rift |
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Transform ocean ocean |
Molokai fracture zone |
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Transform cont. ocean |
San andreas |
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Transform cont. cont. |
Alpine fault |
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Divergent |
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Convergent |
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Transform |
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Reverse Fault |
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Anticline |
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Oblique Slip Fault |
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Plunging Syncline |
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Left Lateral Strike Slip |
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Plunging Anticline |
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Basin |
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Syncline |
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Normal Fault |
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