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1 Landforms— Coastal Erosion/Glaciers-

2 Peak of Ice Age 20,000 yrs. ago

3 Former resident of Connecticut

4 A tar pit at La Brea

5 Where is this erratic located?

6 Striations

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9 Alpine Glacial Landforms

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13 Glacial U-Valley/deposits

14 Moraine

15 tarn

16 U-Shaped Valley

17 Aretes

18 Glacial Cirque

19 Horn

20 U-Shaped Valley

21 Fjord

22 Loess deposit

23 Boulder Glacier-1932

24 Boulder Glacier--1985

25 Effects of wave action on land and people

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27 Sea Cave-California

28 Sea Arches

29 An Arch is Born

30 Sea Stack-England

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32 Why is coastal erosion a problem in NJ?

33 NJ population density

34 Possible sea level rise-next 100 years

35 Waterfront home-Ocean City, NJ $3.5 million

36 Primary Dunes

37 Post-storm coastline

38 Sea Wall

39 Jetties

40 Longshore Current

41 Breakwater-strongest waves pass through/sediment blocked from re-supplying beach

42 Beach replenishment pumps-NJ

43 Ocean City, MD How has development contributed to the erosion problem ?

44 In 2005, New Jersey tourism revenue grew 12.5 percent to a healthy $36.3 billion, with tourism on the Shore representing about $22 billion. Ocean County alone ranked third in tourism revenue generated in 2005, totaling $3.325 billion. Tourism officials are confident these numbers could continue to increase as gasoline prices continue to climb, keeping people closer to home.


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