The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... feet , 12 feet , 18 feet , and 20 feet . After storms it was found that the first box in the shallow water became filled with sand ; the box in 12 feet of water half full ; in the one at 18 feet there was very little sand ; and at 20 ...
... feet , 12 feet , 18 feet , and 20 feet . After storms it was found that the first box in the shallow water became filled with sand ; the box in 12 feet of water half full ; in the one at 18 feet there was very little sand ; and at 20 ...
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... water increasing to about 30 feet ; there is then a ledge of rocks 160 feet from the wall , on which the " Harbour Constructions , " W. Shield . London , 1895 . 1 water shoals to 22 feet , after which it deepens 12 THE SEA - COAST .
... water increasing to about 30 feet ; there is then a ledge of rocks 160 feet from the wall , on which the " Harbour Constructions , " W. Shield . London , 1895 . 1 water shoals to 22 feet , after which it deepens 12 THE SEA - COAST .
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... feet below low water . Beyond this the stones remain at their natural angle of repose , or at a slope of from 1 to 1 to 1 ; while above this within the range of the breaking waves they become shaped to a slope of from 7 to 12 to 1 , or ...
... feet below low water . Beyond this the stones remain at their natural angle of repose , or at a slope of from 1 to 1 to 1 ; while above this within the range of the breaking waves they become shaped to a slope of from 7 to 12 to 1 , or ...
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... 12 feet high , consisting principally of flints resting on a clay base , was moved forwards in a north - easterly direction 40 yards , during a storm in 1824 . The Northam pebble ridge , which extends for 2 miles in a north - easterly ...
... 12 feet high , consisting principally of flints resting on a clay base , was moved forwards in a north - easterly direction 40 yards , during a storm in 1824 . The Northam pebble ridge , which extends for 2 miles in a north - easterly ...
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... feet , and piled up on the inside . In one night 200,000 tons of stone were ... feet in height and from 500 to 600 feet in length are occasionally encountered ... 12 tons being moved from their places , and turned upside down . These ...
... feet , and piled up on the inside . In one night 200,000 tons of stone were ... feet in height and from 500 to 600 feet in length are occasionally encountered ... 12 tons being moved from their places , and turned upside down . These ...
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The Sea-coast: 1. Destruction, 2. Littoral Drift, 3. Protection William Henry Wheeler Vista completa - 1902 |
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12 feet 20 feet alluvium angle bank of shingle basalt beach in front beach material Blackpool boulder clay boulders Bridlington carried chalk chalk cliffs channel chert Clacton clay cliffs consist coast coast-line composed concrete considerable constructed covered with sand denudation deposited depth derived direction distance dunes entrance erected erosion estuary extends face fathoms feet high Felixstowe flints flood tide foot formed gravel groynes half a mile harbour headland heavy gales height high groynes high tides high water Humber inches in diameter inland jetty Kilnsea land length limestone littoral drift London Clay low groynes low water marshes mile wide on-shore gales pebbles pier piles placed planking promenade protection quantity quartzite rise river rocks sand and shingle sand-hills sandstone sandy sea-wall seaward shingle and sand shingle-bank shore slope spring tides Spurn Point stones surface tidal timber varying wall washed width wind Withernsea yards long yards wide