Case studies: Fieldwork options Physical Topic Posed as a Posed as a question simple hypothesis River How does That the landscapes the cross cross profile of profile of – profiles the river X the river X change? changes over distance. River How does That the landscapes the bedload of bedload bedload of the river X – the river X will change? change over distance. Coastal In which That landscapes direction longshore is drift is – longshore longshore from drift drift West-East operating at X. along the coast at X?
Case studies: Fieldwork options Physical Topic Posed as a question Posed as a simple hypothesis River landscapes – cross profiles How does the profile of the river X change? That the cross profile of the river X changes over distance. River landscapes – bedload How does the bedload of the river X change? That the bedload of the river X will change over distance. Coastal landscapes – longshore drift In which direction is longshore drift operating along the coast at X? That longshore drift is from West-East at X.
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