Geography A-Level
Coastlines of emergence
What Coastlines of emergence means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Form when relative sea level falls, typically due to isostatic rebound following deglaciation outpacing eustatic sea-level rise, exposing former coastal features.
Topics that use Coastlines of emergence
- Coastal landscape development (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Climate change
- Coastal deposition
- Environmental vulnerability
- Eustatic change
- Geological structure and lithology
- Geomorphological processes
- Isostatic change
- Landscape evolution over time
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