Coastal environments
Here is a great list of terms and vocabulary you will be using in this part of the course.
You will be studying the Dorset coast, especially the sections at Studland and Swanage.
This is a clear map showing the different management approaches being used along the coast from Christchurch to Swanage.
Swanage sediment flows map - this is interactive, so click on the red dots to see photos.
Studland sediment flows map - as above.
Ian West at Southampton University has provided a far too detailed page of information about the cliffs, geology and fossils of Swanage Bay
You will be studying the Dorset coast, especially the sections at Studland and Swanage.
This is a clear map showing the different management approaches being used along the coast from Christchurch to Swanage.
Swanage sediment flows map - this is interactive, so click on the red dots to see photos.
Studland sediment flows map - as above.
Ian West at Southampton University has provided a far too detailed page of information about the cliffs, geology and fossils of Swanage Bay
Physical processes at work on the coast
The following video is a good overview of erosion from the Environment Agency:
The following video is a good overview of erosion from the Environment Agency:
Distribution and features of coastal ecosystems
The FSC has a great website with details of the formation, flora and fauna of sand dunes and salt marshes.
Causes of coastal flooding
Aceh, Indonesia, 2004
For all tsunami stuff, start at the USGS web page. These pages contain a mass of information, with maps animations and movie files. Tsunami formation is explained clearly, and there is an extensive report of a field visit to Sumatra in January 2005.
The Guardian’s mini-site draws together all of the resources on the 2004 Indian Ocean Asian Tsunami. The BBC has a page with links to all of their resources and reports on the 2004 tsunami.
Samoa and American Samoa tsunami, September 2009
USGS web site has details here. The BBC has its usual detailed story, picture and links here.
Great Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Honshu, Japan 2011
This event was very well documented, with lots of video footage - see below and e.g. here and here. Great "stuff" here, from USGS. NOAA has a youtube videos page on aspects of recent tsunamis. The threat of further tsunamis persists.
East coast storm surge of 1953
The Met Office's details of the 1953 event, and more general information about storm surges. You can compare with the 2007 storm surge event too. The Thames Estuary Partnership’s web site has a page about the storm 1953 surge. The BBC gives a concise account of the causes of the 1953 event. The Royal Society's information on this event is excellent, with some very good pictures.
West Bay, Dorset
Coastal Flooding and its solution in the "port" for Bridport.
For all tsunami stuff, start at the USGS web page. These pages contain a mass of information, with maps animations and movie files. Tsunami formation is explained clearly, and there is an extensive report of a field visit to Sumatra in January 2005.
The Guardian’s mini-site draws together all of the resources on the 2004 Indian Ocean Asian Tsunami. The BBC has a page with links to all of their resources and reports on the 2004 tsunami.
Samoa and American Samoa tsunami, September 2009
USGS web site has details here. The BBC has its usual detailed story, picture and links here.
Great Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Honshu, Japan 2011
This event was very well documented, with lots of video footage - see below and e.g. here and here. Great "stuff" here, from USGS. NOAA has a youtube videos page on aspects of recent tsunamis. The threat of further tsunamis persists.
East coast storm surge of 1953
The Met Office's details of the 1953 event, and more general information about storm surges. You can compare with the 2007 storm surge event too. The Thames Estuary Partnership’s web site has a page about the storm 1953 surge. The BBC gives a concise account of the causes of the 1953 event. The Royal Society's information on this event is excellent, with some very good pictures.
West Bay, Dorset
Coastal Flooding and its solution in the "port" for Bridport.
Swanage and Swanage Bay
These maps and images show you coastal change in the areas we visited on the September trip.
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=50.6546&lon=-1.9554&layers=168&b=1
Pan and scroll to see 1901 maps with recent aerial photography and how they relate.
There is a fader (change "transparency overlay") towards the bottom left of the browser window which allows you to see how the coastline of 1901 (ish) relates to that of today. Very interesting in the case of Studland.
These maps and images show you coastal change in the areas we visited on the September trip.
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=50.6546&lon=-1.9554&layers=168&b=1
Pan and scroll to see 1901 maps with recent aerial photography and how they relate.
There is a fader (change "transparency overlay") towards the bottom left of the browser window which allows you to see how the coastline of 1901 (ish) relates to that of today. Very interesting in the case of Studland.
