A factor in coastal erosion is the sea level rise. It cause erosion and it takes from centuries to milleniums. It is relative to the rise and fall of the sea. As the sea level rises it covers more sediments and as it lowers some of the sediments that it covers is taken back out with the tide. A storm surge causes erosion. It takes from a few hours to a few days. A major …
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…the movement of sediments causing the sediments on a coastline to become distorted. Elevation of plates will also cause the sediments to be easier to erode away. Over all Erosion rate over time at a given point along the shoreline depends on factors such as direction of littoral drift, inlet dynamics, sand supply, short- and long-term climate fluctuations, gradient of submerged ocean or lake bottom, relative mean sea level, human actions affecting shore lint processes.