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How do you explain this landform collapse?

The answer is a lot of sediment from coastal erosion. 

With thanks to The LOIS project

Click on the image below to download the word document.

Where is the Holderness Coast?

1. Obtain a map to show longshore drift.  Copy and paste  it into a word processed document.

What is Longshore Drift? Why is it happening?

2. Write annotations in  3 text  boxes to:

• describe the direction of longshore drift
• comment on the role of Flamborough Head in protecting Bridlington
• describe rates of erosion since Roman times

3. Add an arrows to link the text on longshore drift to the appropriate map area.

How is the coastal erosion being managed?

4. Add  a further text box so that you can comment on the impact of coastal management strategies around Mappleton.

5. Add a photograph to show erosion at one particular location

• Move the pointer on the arrow so that it points to the chosen location
• Re-structure the sheet if you think it would improve the presentation of your work

http://www.pml.ac.uk/lois/  takes you through the issue.

http://www.herb.hull.ac.uk/erosion/index.htm has a great source of aerial photos with old map overlays and a measuring tool - virtual fieldwork is really possible.

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/nelthorp/room8/intra/geograph/humberside/index.htm aerial photographs of East Yorkshire.

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/nelthorp/room8/intra/geograph/ks3/coasts/coasts.htm is a source of fieldwork photographs from a Humberside School.

http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/holdernesscoast.html 

http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/ecolodge/25/index.html

http://ferl.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?variation=50&resID=1624 

http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/hazards/erosion.html

http://www.agiweb.org/agi/labman/pages/lab12.html