Coastal Classification

Hypothesis: The differences between secondary and primary locations.

Coastal Locations to be Researched and Classified using the Shepard Coastal Classification System:

A. Arcadia National Park, Maine- Primary because of its glaciers.
B. Cape Cod, Massachusetts- Primary because of the glaciers
C. Chesapeake Bay, Virginia- Primary because of glacier erosion
D. Atlantic City, New Jersey- Secondary because of coastal erosion
E. Mississippi Delta, Mississippi- Primary because of barrier islands
F. Kilauea Coast, Hawaii- Secondary because of the coastal plains
G. San Francisco Bay, California- Secondary because of the coastal plains
H. North Carolina Outer Banks- Primary because of non-marine processes
I. Indiana River Lagoon, Florida- Secondary because of mangrove coast
J. Puget Sound, Washington- Secondary because of the fault lines
K. South Florida/ Florida Keys- Primary because of compensation
L. Strait of Juan DeFuca, Washington- Primary because of the shore lines
M. Cape Canaveral, Florida- Primary because of the coastal plain
N. Aleutian Islands, Alaska- Primary because of the earth quakes
O. Florida Gulf Coast- Secondary because of land erosion
P. Texas Gulf Coast- Secondary because of the wave cuts
Q. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina- Secondary because of the landfall
R. Prince William Sound, Alaska- Primary because of the steep glaciers

Analysis Of Results:

1.  Primary cost elements are like materiel costs, personnel costs, energy costs where a corresponding account exists to allow costs to flow. Secondary cost elements are like production costs, material overheads, production overheads, they can be created and administered in only CO.  These are used in internal cost allocation, overhead calculation, settlement transactions. It does not flow to FI.

2. Coasts are divided into two categories: primary coasts, which were created by non-marine processes, and secondary coasts, which were formed by marine action. Primary coasts happen because of changes in the land, such as river deltas or lava flows. Secondary coasts are caused by changes in the ocean, such as the creation of barrier islands or coral reefs.

3. A coastal zone is the interface between the land and water. These zones are important because a majority of the world’s population inhabit such zones. Coastal zones are continually changing because of the dynamic interaction between the oceans and the land.

Station Two:

1. Three distinct types of circulation (highly stratified, weakly stratified, and partially mixed) arise in narrow, shallow estuaries from the finite amplitude of the tide and the interaction of stratification with vertical mixing. Each type has a different dominant process causing the vertical exchange.

2. Estuarine water circulation is controlled by the inflow of rivers, the tides, rainfall and evaporation, the wind, and other oceanic events such as an up swelling, an eddy, and storms. Water circulation patterns are influenced by vertical mixing and satisfaction, and can affect residence time and exposure time.

3.  The energy costs are easily paid because the same factors use the estuary as a nursery area, and may or may not go out to sea. Marine and freshwater fishes from penetrating far into estuaries.

4.  To survive in these conditions, plants and animals living in estuaries must be able to respond quickly to drastic changes in salinity. Many animals that live in estuaries must change their behavior according to the surrounding waters’ salinity in order to survive.

Station Three:

1. Estuaries are important natural places. They provide goods and services that are economically and ecologically indispensable. Often called nurseries of the sea, estuaries provide vital nesting and feeding habitats for many aquatic plants and animals.

2. One reason that estuaries are such productive ecosystems is that the water filtering through them brings in nutrients from the surrounding watershed. A watershed, or drainage basin, is the entire land area that drains into a particular body of water, like a lake, river or estuary.

3. It is necessary to review the various types of estuaries in the study area and their characteristic or unique attributes, and the differences among them. Conservation and management of the various estuarine wetlands requires an understanding of the ecosystem context in which the wetlands occur.

4. More than half of the people in the United States live within 100 miles of the coast, including on the shores of estuaries. And more and more people are moving to these areas. Coastal communities are growing three times fast.

5.  We endanger our estuaries by polluting the water and building on the lands surrounding them. These activities can contribute to unsafe drinking water, and much more.

Conclude And Communicate:

1. How are physical and geological characteristics used to classify the earths dynamics coastlines? Our hypothesis was that both coastlines were going to be very different in there own ways.

4. What major differences are between the west coastlines and the east coastlines? What are the things humans can do to improve out coastlines?

5. The value and importance of this activity was to understand the would we live in better, not only what we live on, but more beyond the surface and understand the bottoms of our oceans and the differences between each coast.