In 1997, in solidarity with striking dockworkers in Liverpool, longshore workers refused to cross a picket line to unload the ship. |
The longshore current can carry large amounts of sand along the coast and can form spits, barrier islands and tombolos. |
Rising sea levels and longshore drift since the ice age have created a remarkable, 500 km-long beach. |
Marine deposits are formed along seashores by sea water flowing in longshore currents. |
Find animations and images showing a variety of depositional landforms resulting from longshore drift. |
This process is repeated and pebbles gradually shift along the beach, a process called longshore drift. |