Erosion and transportation processes

Hydraulic action

Hydraulic action

• sheer force of water

• traps air in rock cracks, causing rock to break

Abrasion

• pebbles grind against rocks, causing them to become smooth

Attrition

• Rocks crash into eacchother, becoming smaller and more rounded

Solution (erosion)

• sea water dissolves certain rocks (chalk and limestone)

Solution (transport)

• minerals dissolved into the water

Suspension

• small particles suspended in the water flow

Saltation

• small pieces of shigle/sand grains are bounced along the sea bed

Traction

• larger pebbles are rolled along the sea bed