Study Guide and Outline Notes

Study Guide on Coastal Landforms
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PowerPoint Presentation Outline Notes for Waves and Coastal Landforms
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Tutorials and Study Questions
 
GEODe: Earth Science CD-ROM, Oceans, B. Coastal Processes
 
View or Print the Study Questions for GEODe CD-ROM

Practice Quizzes

After completing the reading assignment and exploring the Web resources, study guide, and tutorial, review what you have learned with these quizzes:

 
Coastal Landforms Multiple Choice Quiz
 

Quizzes, Tarbuck and Lutgens, Chapter 15, Key Concepts 2 and 3 and Chapter Test

Web Exploration
 
Point Reyes National Seashore
At this Web site, plan a trip to Point Reyes National Seashore to explore geology and coastal processes.

Coastal Erosion Along the Central California Coast
Learn about changes that took place along the California coastline during El Nino winter storms.

California's Beaches
Learn how California's beaches form and change.

Coastal Erosion at Pacifica, San Mateo County 1997-98
Explore USGS (United States Geological Survey) photographs and maps of the changes to cliff-top homes in Pacifica, California.

Hurricane Impacts Upon the Coastal Environment
Learn about the impact of a large hurricanes upon the barrier islands of Lousiana.
 
 

Land Loss Animations of Coastal Louisiana
USGS (United States Geological Survey) National Wetlands Research Center, shows animations of wetlands lost along the Louisiana coast due to leveeing and changes to the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers.

Coastal Wetlands and Sediments of the San Francisco Bay
Find out why the USGS believes that the health of wetlands relates directly to the health of the San Francisco Bay region.

 
Coasts in Crisis, USGS Coastal Research
Learn about corals, wetlands, and hurricanes in this USGS Learning Lab for students.
 
Coasts in Crisis, an online text that explores coastal processes and coastal problems caused by human intervention.
 
 
 

Mapping Coastal Change Hazards
Learn the main causes of coastal hazards and how the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program surveys changes along the coastlines of the United States.

Sea Stack Erosion
A photographic study of erosion of an Oregon sea stack over a hundred year period.

Virtual Field Trip along the Gulf Coast of Florida
Learn about the changes that have taken place on the Gulf Coast as a result of development along the barrier islands.

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