Sediment Sources, Cells, and Budgets

What are the main sediment sources at the coast?

• sea bed

• beaches

• rivers

• estuaries

• cliff erosion

• longshore drift

• wind

• glaciers

• offshore

sediment cell (littoral cell)

a length of coastline and its near shore area within which the movement of coarse sediment is largely self contained

What are the 4 types of sediment?

• classic

• biogenic

• non-cohesive

• cohesive

sediment budget

an attempt to quantify the various stores and transfers associated with sediment movement