Geography Coursework Essay

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The question that I will be answering for my coursework is which is best at protecting the Northumberland coastline – groynes or beach nourishment. I will be going to Blyth beach also I will be visiting Newbiggen beach I am investigating the Northumberland coastline as part of my geography coursework also because I live in the UK and I want to see how safe the people of the UK are with the safety of the coastline and its defences against coastal erosion. We will be visiting the Northumberland coastline on Thursday the 15th of May 2014.
Key concepts
1. Impact on beach profile - Beach profile is a simple surveying technique used to measure changes in the contour of the monitored beach.
2. Impact on sediment size - Sediment is a naturally occurring …show more content…

We will do this about 4 times and see the difference and see if there is any change. We will use this way to collect beach profile because it is the easiest way to find out what we need it is also done this way because it is more accurate and more reliable the more times we do it but eventually it will stop as we only go 50 metres at a time. We did this by using a tape measure and a clinometer and 2 raging poles at the top of the beach to the bottom of the beach each time we did this it would take about 5 minutes each time when done properly.
Opinion of coastal warden We will have an interview with Arthur Cranson who is the coastal warden he is important to my investigation because he covers a certain part of the Northumberland coastline. Once he has spoken we will ask some questions from some of the people in my group.
We will do this so that he can tell us his personal opinion on what he thinks is best at defending the Northumberland coastline also he will talk about a lot of other things such as sea walls, groynes and beach nourishment

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