Coastal field study of the Wexford Coastline

1.

Coastal field study of the
Wexford Coastline
Daniel Tomnikovskii
16/10/2023

2.

Name some coastal features of erosion that
you have seen
• Sand
• Rocks
Name some features of coastal deposition
that you have seen
• Tree
• Stones

3.

Draw the beach you are studying and name it
Sea
Finer Sand
5.6 m
Coarser Material
4m
Storm Beach
20 m

4.

I didn’t touch the marram grass.
The marram
grass will
grow and
stop
deposition of
sand.

5.

Describe the Shingle
Shingle is sand that always deposits by the sea

6.

Longshore drift
Longshore drift
transports materials by
swash – it carries
material to the beach
and backwash takes it
back, it happens over
and over again

7.

Coastal Erosion
This coastal area is
being eroded,
because I can see 2
levels of ground,
fallen trees and
damaged layers of
soil.

8.

Rapid erosion
• This particular coastline might experience rapid erosion, because it
isn’t protected from wawes and wind.
Measures
• To protect this this area, there is rock armour on the beach. It
protects coastline by breaking wawes.