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Geography Course Work
- Essay length: 2546 words
- Submitted: 18/02/2009
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Geography Higher Level: Field Written Report
Dune Morphology at Guincho Beach, Portugal
Natalie Sullivan
Geography HL
000650-042
St. Dominic´s International School
May 2009
Word count: 2,312
Contents
Introduction to Dune Succession ...................................................................................Page 1
Aim............................................................................................................................................Page 1
Hypothesis...............................................................................................................................Page 1
Location choice.......................................................................................................................Page 2
Methods of data collection..................................................................................................Page 3
Data presentation and processing....................................................................................Page 4
Presentation of Results ........................................................................................................Page 4
Tables and Graphs .................................................................................................................Page 5
Analysis of Results.................................................................................................................Page 11
Evaluation and Conclusion...................................................................................................Page 12
Dune succession
(1)
Succession is a process which operates through time. Because this is a slow process, change in soil and vegetation at any one location from bare sand to a late stage in the succession such as dune heath will take 100s of years. However, because the dunes near the coast are young and mostly become progressively older through time it is possible to use distance as a surrogate for time. As you walk from the strand line inland you will walk from young to old dunes.
Aim:
The aim of the investigation was to study the factors that affect the vegetation cover, and thus the
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