The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... chert and flints , from the chalk cliffs , pebbles from the gravel beds exposed on the cliffs , or boulders from the glacial drift . The fragments of the softer sandstone and limestone cliffs , although yielding a considerable quantity ...
... chert and flints , from the chalk cliffs , pebbles from the gravel beds exposed on the cliffs , or boulders from the glacial drift . The fragments of the softer sandstone and limestone cliffs , although yielding a considerable quantity ...
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... chert and flint derived from the chalk cliffs at Beer Head . Along the Dorsetshire coast there are accumulations of flint and chert shingle collected in mounds in the centre of the bays , while the beach at each end is either bare clay ...
... chert and flint derived from the chalk cliffs at Beer Head . Along the Dorsetshire coast there are accumulations of flint and chert shingle collected in mounds in the centre of the bays , while the beach at each end is either bare clay ...
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... chert . The same kind of shingle continues to Burton Bradstock . A little beyond this , at Abbotsbury , the Chesil Bank commences , the pebbles of which consist of flints of various colours , varying in size from to 4 inches at the ...
... chert . The same kind of shingle continues to Burton Bradstock . A little beyond this , at Abbotsbury , the Chesil Bank commences , the pebbles of which consist of flints of various colours , varying in size from to 4 inches at the ...
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... Chert R.Axe XMOUTH 9 Beer Head Chit Rocks g 9 g R g Otterton Point Straight Point Suggesti 9 CHARMOUTH LYME REGIS as 0olite SEATOWN EYPE BRIDPORT SWYRE 9 Pinney Bay R R Cap R R ABBOTSBURY ARING Thorncombe Beacon R R R R 9 R Chesil Bank ...
... Chert R.Axe XMOUTH 9 Beer Head Chit Rocks g 9 g R g Otterton Point Straight Point Suggesti 9 CHARMOUTH LYME REGIS as 0olite SEATOWN EYPE BRIDPORT SWYRE 9 Pinney Bay R R Cap R R ABBOTSBURY ARING Thorncombe Beacon R R R R 9 R Chesil Bank ...
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... shingle , the width between high and low water spring tides being about 35 yards , beyond which is a flat sandy beach uncovered in places at L.W.S.T. The shingle consists of flints and chert , and varies in size from THE SOUTH COAST . 137.
... shingle , the width between high and low water spring tides being about 35 yards , beyond which is a flat sandy beach uncovered in places at L.W.S.T. The shingle consists of flints and chert , and varies in size from THE SOUTH COAST . 137.
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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