Section Objectives

After you have completed this section, you will be able to:

1. Describe the causes and effects of coastal erosion.
2. Explain how the energy and motion of waves contributes to coastal erosion.
3. Describe various coastal shoreline features and explain how they are formed.
4. Apply knowledge of geophysical processes to explain the formation of various landscape features.
5. Describe methods to control coastal erosion.

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