1. GEOL 1307 Physical Geology Exercise #16 Evolution of Coastal Landforms

3. Waves Wavelength Crest Trough Amplitude Period Frequency

4. Ocean Waves The Water Isn’t Moving (how ocean waves work) Refraction (why ocean waves break)

5. Wave Erosion Wave-Cut Notch Sea-Cliffs Wave-Cut Platforms Sea-Stacks

6. Sediment Transport Waves Longshore Current Tides

7. Depositional Features Beaches Barrier Islands Peninsulas Spits Bars Hummocks

8. Barrier Island Formation

9. Bays and Wetlands Estuaries Bays Lagoons Marshes Salt Marsh Brackish Marsh Fresh Marsh Swamps Coastal Prairie

10. Evolution of Coastal Landscapes Emergent Coasts Submergent Coasts

11. Types of Coastlines Siliciclastic Coasts Humid Sediment Supply Carbonate Coasts Arid Evaporation

12. Stages of Coastal Modification Initial Stage of Shoreline Modification\ Intermediate Stage of Shoreline Modification Terminal Stage of Shoreline Modification

13. Sequence Stratigraphy Transgressive Sea-Level Submergent Coastlines Erosional Features Regressive Sea-Level Emergent Coastlines Aggradation

14. The Future of the Gulf Coast Global Warming Sea-Level Rise Barrier Island Migration Environmental Engineering