Friday, November 8, 2013
Coastal Classification
1. Physical and geological characteristics such as rocks and reefs are used to classify the Earth's dynamic coastlines.
2. Arcadia National Park, Maine: Primary coast, fjord coast
Cape Cod, Massachusetts: Diastrophic/sedimentary salt domes
Chesapeake Bay, Virginia: Primary drought river valley
Atlantic City, New Jersey: SEcondary coasts wave erosion
Mississippi Delta, Mississippi: Subaerial deposition, deltaic coasts
Kilauea Coast, Hawaii: Volcanic coasts all
San Francisco Bay, California: secondary, fault-line coasts
Analysis
This project showed a lot of different ways of telling what classifications many coasts lay on. We were able to research the location of a coastline, and find out what the causes of its classification are. Whether the coastline was caused by natural or man-made alterations, all have an effect on what classification that specific coastline falls under.
I was able to learn how to tell the difference between different coastal classifications while doing this project.
Friday, November 1, 2013
Sand Reflection
The sand lab that we did in oceanography this week was very fun and also very informative. I learned a lot while doing this lab.It was fun to be able to look through the microscope and study each different sand sample. I liked looking at the different sand samples from different places in the world. There was an obvious difference in each sample of sand from different places and it was a fun challenge to try and match each sample to its correct location.
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