Shoreline Sediments

Synopsis: Shows the relationship between shoreline processes and present day coastal sediments, with a view to establishing the environment of deposition of sedimentary rocks. Suggests the energy content of the formative environments of these sediments by examining grain size and sedimentary structures. Examines surface features such as asymmetric ripples, swash marks, imbrications, cusps, tool marks and tracks for evidence of the conditions of deposition. Discusses amplitude and wavelengths of ripples and megaripples as a function of wave depth and rate of flow. Discusses wind-formed structures such as dunes and surface ripple-marks and shows the formative environments of a variety of fossilised rocks.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 40 min.
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production: 1967
Availability: Hire
Uses: Introduction to field studies for 1st-year students of geology; 2nd-year coastal geomorphology students.*
Subjects: Geography; Geology
Keywords: sedimentary processes; shorelines

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