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What method of data collection can provide visual evidence of coastal erosion, including erosional landforms such as stacks and stumps?

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When it comes to measuring the short term effects of coastal erosion beach profiling surveys are the technique of choice. Surveyors track fluctuations in shoreline position and beach volume which can then be used to determine long term effects.

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