Main Questions

What influence does geology have on the nature of the coastline ?

Questions

Suggest how the geology has influenced the coastline of South Gower (Resource A)

Draw annotated field sketches to explain how geology has influenced the nature of the cliffs in resource B.

Compare the coastlines in Resources A and C, discussing the influence of concordant and discordant geology.

Resource A

Geology of the Southern Coastline of the Gower Peninsula.

Source: http://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoveringGeology/geologyOfBritain/viewer.html

These data are delivered under the terms of the Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: "Contains British Geological Survey materials © NERC [2018]".
Resource B

1. Coastline of South Pembrokeshire near Castlemartin

source: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2377626

Copyright Ian Paterson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

2. Coastline of the Vale of Glamorgan - Nash Point

source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nash_Point_(7961817500).jpg

This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Author Archangel12
Adnodd C

The South coast of England at Lulworth Cove (the colours denote different rock types)

Source: http://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoveringGeology/geologyOfBritain/viewer.html - These data are delivered under the terms of the Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: "Contains British Geological Survey materials © NERC [2018]".