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COASTAL CHANGE - EarthKAM Course Resource Images

Homework Assignment 1

Coastal Morphology

ASSIGNMENT - Please answer the following questions after looking at a map or images. Describe the differences in coastal morphology along the Atlantic Coastline (between Maine and Florida), the Gulf Coast (between Florida and Texas) and along the Pacific Coastline (between California to Alaska).

Why do these differences in coastal morphology exist ?

 

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Charleston and Surrounding Area

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Houston, Texas

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San Diego, California

Original Image at Johnson Space Center Earth image Archive http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/

 

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