SEDIMENT CELLS

SEDIMENT CELLS

• sources - WHERE BEACH SEDIMENT COMES FROM. E.G RIVERS (ESPECIALLY IN HIGH RAINFALL ENVIRONMENTS WHERE RIVER EROSION OCCURS AND WHERE THE RIVER TRANSPORTS THIS SEDIMENT). CLIFFS (E.G 10M A YEAR AT HOLDERNESS COAST IN LINCOLNSHIRE. WINDS. BROUGHT BY TIDES FROM OFFSHORE.
• cells - STRECTH OF COASTLINE BORDERED BY 2 HEADLANDS, WHERE SEDIMENT MOVEMENT IS CONTAINED INCLUDING ITS INPUTS, TRANSFERS AND STORES, STORES INCLUDE BEACH AND BAR. AROUND 11 IN UK
• budgets - THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE REMOVAL AND ADDITION OF SEDIMENT, IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM.WHEN MORE MATERIAL IS ADDED THAN IS REMOVED, THERE IS MORE MATERIAL AVAILABLE TO BE ERODED.