Geographical Investigation
Identification of the question:
Having studied the sediment volume and the possible grading along
Chesil Beach, we identified long-shore drift as the probable main
process in creating this pattern. Due to a comparable possible
alignment with Hurst Beach we decided to investigate any similarities
between the two. Therefore when at Hurst Beach we considered related
questions: Is there evidence of lateral grading on Hurst Beach, or any
evidence of vertical grading. A large difference between Chesil and
Hurst Beach is that the former is partially protected, in a way that
even prohibits management; therefore maybe owing to human
intervention, patterns of active erosion or vegetation the latter
could be interesting in comparison.
Evidence of lateral sorting and its possible parallel with Chesil
Beach has influenced me to examine both this and potential vertical
grading. Which has led me to hypothesise:
· Hurst Beach is graded both vertically and horizontally.
Development of a strategy:
In order to gather the data necessary for analysis we decided to
separate into groups, this would, as we detached into four teams, give
us four times the data. Subsequent to this we determined our
standardised procedure:
Change in gradient
Ranging Pole
Tape Measure
[IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE]ahurst94Each team taking two posts, which were
present horizontally on the beach for management, we proceeded to find
the distance between adjacent posts with a tape measure, finding it to
be roughly one hundred metres. Then we placed ranging poles at the
three major gradient changes, producing an upper, middle and lower
section of the beach. Then we found the middle point of each area and
gathered around one hundred stones from each, simply by, without
looking, placing them in the bag.
The reason why we used the poles was mainly for ease of use if we
decided to continue our investigation another day. The fact that they
were one hundred metres apart was a bonus which meant that there was
sufficient distance between our measurements to ensure some change.
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