Beaches

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What are some characteristics of beach deposits?

-- Randy Rosenthal (rrosenth@oswego.edu), March 12, 2001

Answers

most beach deposites are a result of strong waves approaching and breacking on the shore which distibutes sediments, forming a beach, the wind is a factor in the forming of dunes and tide is a factor, with all of these factors together the shore line will flux and influx on a daily basis

-- nathaniel miller (nmiller@oswego.edu), March 20, 2001.

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