The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... about forty miles , the cliffs , which consist of glacial drift , are wasting at the rate of 21 yards a year , equal to about one acre per mile of coast . Groynes which were erected at Withernsea cost £ 370 each , and THE SEA - COAST .
... about forty miles , the cliffs , which consist of glacial drift , are wasting at the rate of 21 yards a year , equal to about one acre per mile of coast . Groynes which were erected at Withernsea cost £ 370 each , and THE SEA - COAST .
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... Withernsea cost £ 370 each , and allowing eight groynes to the mile , the cost of protection per mile of coast would be £ 2960 . The life of these groynes may be taken at thirty years . The value of the land is about £ 30 an acre , and ...
... Withernsea cost £ 370 each , and allowing eight groynes to the mile , the cost of protection per mile of coast would be £ 2960 . The life of these groynes may be taken at thirty years . The value of the land is about £ 30 an acre , and ...
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... Withernsea R.Quse GOOLEL R. Trent Killingholme Dimlington Sunk land Spurn GRIMSBY Cleethorpe The figures denote the depth of the water at L.W. in fathome . The ATTONS show the set of the flood tide . 0 Nautical Donna Bank . Stone Nook ...
... Withernsea R.Quse GOOLEL R. Trent Killingholme Dimlington Sunk land Spurn GRIMSBY Cleethorpe The figures denote the depth of the water at L.W. in fathome . The ATTONS show the set of the flood tide . 0 Nautical Donna Bank . Stone Nook ...
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... Withernsea . The cliffs on the north side are about 30 feet high ; there is a depression in front of the town , the cliffs gradually rising again on the south to a height of 25 feet . At Sands - le - Mere , about two miles north of ...
... Withernsea . The cliffs on the north side are about 30 feet high ; there is a depression in front of the town , the cliffs gradually rising again on the south to a height of 25 feet . At Sands - le - Mere , about two miles north of ...
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... Withernsea has also been groyned for a short distance , but these groynes are in a dilapidated condition , nearly all the planking having gone . Between Withernsea and Kilnsea , although the cliffs are being THE EAST COAST . 233.
... Withernsea has also been groyned for a short distance , but these groynes are in a dilapidated condition , nearly all the planking having gone . Between Withernsea and Kilnsea , although the cliffs are being THE EAST COAST . 233.
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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