Erosion

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Does the erosion of bluffs cause the coastal waters to shallow?

-- Ben Flaiz (flaiz76@hotmail.com), April 01, 2001

Answers

Sand is removed from the beach by waves transporting it to deeper water and along bluffs the sands and small rocks that fall replenish the beach, this process is called the sand budget and it is a continueous process.

Understanding Earth, pg 384

-- nathaniel miller (nmiller@oswego.edu), April 25, 2001.


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