Archive for the 'Marine Processes' Category

Coral Reefs

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Photo from flickr.com by Androfire (Some rights reserved) From the IGCSE syllabus: Describe the conditions required for the development of coral reefs. Describe •  fringing and barrier reefs • atolls Describe the location of coral reefs, and the necessary conditions for their development: http://library.thinkquest.org/C0125204/about/coraldist.swf http://www.mbgnet.net/salt/coral/where.htm http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/coral/habdiscr.html http://www.starfish.ch/reef/reef.html http://www.marinebio.net/marinescience/04benthon/crform.htm Understand and make brief notes on how [...]

Sand Dune Processes

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Photo from flickr.com by mikebaird [Some rights reserved] The IGCSE Syllabus requires us to understand this: Describe and explain the landforms associated with these processes. You should study the following coastal landforms: □ coastal sand dunes The action of wind in shaping coastal sand dunes should also be understood. Here are four good websites to [...]