Geography A-Level
Marine erosion processes
What Marine erosion processes means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Marine erosion processes
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Processes such as hydraulic action, abrasion and corrosion that wear away the coast, with hydraulic action being the force of water and trapped air compressing in cracks.
Topics that use Marine erosion processes
- Coastal landscape development (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Climate change
- Coastal deposition
- Coastlines of emergence
- Environmental vulnerability
- Eustatic change
- Geological structure and lithology
- Geomorphological processes
- Isostatic change
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