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    Bay, St. Lucy, Barbados and Sandy Lane, St. James, Barbados?

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    The document provides an overview of a 1500-word geography project for a CXC exam. The project involves fieldwork at two coastal locations in Barbados - Archer's Bay and Sandy Lane. Students will examine coastal features and processes at both sites, collecting data on wave patterns, beach profiles, sediment composition and weather conditions. They will analyze how geological and physical processes have affected landforms like cliffs, stacks and beaches over time. The goal is to determine what processes have impacted the coastlines at each location.

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    The document provides an overview of a 1500-word geography project for a CXC exam. The project involves fieldwork at two coastal locations in Barbados - Archer's Bay and Sandy Lane. Students will examine coastal features and processes at both sites, collecting data on wave patterns, beach profiles, sediment composition and weather conditions. They will analyze how geological and physical processes have affected landforms like cliffs, stacks and beaches over time. The goal is to determine what processes have impacted the coastlines at each location.

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    The document provides an overview of a 1500-word geography project for a CXC exam. The project involves fieldwork at two coastal locations in Barbados - Archer's Bay and Sandy Lane. Students will examine coastal features and processes at both sites, collecting data on wave patterns, beach profiles, sediment composition and weather conditions. They will analyze how geological and physical processes have affected landforms like cliffs, stacks and beaches over time. The goal is to determine what processes have impacted the coastlines at each location.

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    Bay, St. Lucy, Barbados and Sandy Lane, St. James, Barbados?

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    The document provides an overview of a 1500-word geography project for a CXC exam. The project involves fieldwork at two coastal locations in Barbados - Archer's Bay and Sandy Lane. Students will examine coastal features and processes at both sites, collecting data on wave patterns, beach profiles, sediment composition and weather conditions. They will analyze how geological and physical processes have affected landforms like cliffs, stacks and beaches over time. The goal is to determine what processes have impacted the coastlines at each location.

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    Geo worksheet 2015

    Overview of the project


    The 1500 word project is worth 40 marks of 20% of the final Geography CXC grade. It
    consists of a fieldwork component and a written project to be submitted early term 2. This
    year the study will be a coastal field study. It will use the knowledge of wave processes to
    examine the strip of coastline. There will be an analysis of the coastal features at Archers
    Bay and Sandy Lane and the processes that have formed these features.
    Title of study: What processes have affected the features on the stretch of coastline at Archer's
    Bay, St. Lucy, Barbados and Sandy Lane, St. James, Barbados?
    Aim of study: To determine what processes have affected the features on the stretch of coastline
    at Archer's Bay, St. Lucy, Barbados and Sandy Lane, St. James, Barbados.
    Section 1.
    Wave data
    General sea conditions:
    Calm/choppy

    Compare bay waves to headland waves

    Construct a table to work out the average wave count. This will help to determine if it is a high
    energy or low energy coastline.
    Wave count: Archers Bay
    Time

    Number of waves

    Average

    For information on wave refraction consult sky atlas.


    Estimate the wave height above the surface of the sea.

    Summary of wave data

    Section 2
    Field notes and sketches

    Overview of the coastal features

    Describe each coastal feature


    Relief: Slope gradient, main high points and uplift

    Landforms/Features: Bay, stack, cliff, notch, wave cut platform, miniature arch, headland, beach
    and cave.
    Bay

    Stack

    Cliff
    Height of the cliff..

    Notch
    Wave cut platform

    Miniature arch

    Headland

    Beach

    Cave

    Drainage: Main watercourse and direction of flow.

    Mass Wasting: rock fall

    Human Activity: walkway, recreation and littering.

    Weather action: Carbonation and Biotic weathering.

    Compare the two locations

    Section 3
    Field sketches: Draw the area that contains the important features. Include the grid reference
    from the map. Label and annotate the features on your sketch.
    Sketch 1

    Sketch 2

    Photographs
    Take a few landscape photographs showing the important features. Make sure they are clearly in
    the background, middle ground and foreground of the picture.
    Section 4
    Beach profiling
    Use the equipment to measure the angle and construct the beach profile. Along the profile
    horizontal axis, label the follow points: distance from the sea, grain size change, wet/dry
    interface, low water line, seaward edge of vegetation, density and type of vegetation.

    Cross Section of the beach

    Describe the characteristics of the cross section.

    Sediment analysis
    Collect sand samples along the transect to establish most common grain size and composition.

    Section 5
    Weather processes
    Weather conditions

    Weather forecast:

    High tide:
    Low tide:
    Wind speed using the Beaufort scale

    Beaufort
    number
    0

    m/s

    MPH

    <1

    <1

    International
    Description
    Calm

    1-3

    Light air

    4-7

    Light breeze

    8-12

    Gentle breeze

    13-18

    Moderate

    10

    19-24

    Fresh

    12

    25-31

    Strong

    15

    32-38

    Near gale

    18

    39-46

    Gale

    20

    47-54

    Strong gale

    Observed
    conditions
    Calm; smoke
    rises vertically
    Directions of
    wind shown by
    smoke drift but
    not by wind vane
    Wind felt on
    face; leaves
    rustle. Vanes
    moved by wind
    Leaves and small
    twigs in constant
    motion; wind
    extends light flag
    Raises dust, loose
    paper; small
    branches moved
    Small trees in
    leaf begin to
    sway; crested
    wavelets form on
    inland waters
    Large branches in
    motion; whistling
    heard in
    telephone wires;
    umbrellas used
    with difficulty
    Whole trees in
    motion;
    resistance felt
    walking against
    wind
    Breaks twigs off
    trees; impedes
    walking
    Slight structural
    damage occurs

    10

    26

    55-63

    Storm

    11

    30

    64-72

    Violent storm

    12

    33

    >73

    Hurricane

    Trees uprooted;
    considerable
    damage
    Widespread
    damage

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