The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... cliffs is only a part of that system of destruc- tion by which all land above the level of the sea is being worn ... composed of harder and more resisting material . On the east coast the cliffs extending from Flamborough Head to the Thames ...
... cliffs is only a part of that system of destruc- tion by which all land above the level of the sea is being worn ... composed of harder and more resisting material . On the east coast the cliffs extending from Flamborough Head to the Thames ...
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... cliffs of glacial drift intervene , as along part of the Lancashire and ... cliffs may be important to the preservation of the buildings which have been erected on ... consist of glacial drift , are wasting at the rate of 21 yards a year ...
... cliffs of glacial drift intervene , as along part of the Lancashire and ... cliffs may be important to the preservation of the buildings which have been erected on ... consist of glacial drift , are wasting at the rate of 21 yards a year ...
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... cliffs , falling on to the beaches , afford a constant , though limited ... consisted of flints , producing five billion cubic fathoms ( 40 billion ... composed ; the softer detritus from the limestone , chalk and clay cliffs having been ...
... cliffs , falling on to the beaches , afford a constant , though limited ... consisted of flints , producing five billion cubic fathoms ( 40 billion ... composed ; the softer detritus from the limestone , chalk and clay cliffs having been ...
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... cliffs to the windward consist of drift , containing a limited supply of gravel , the waste of which does no more at the present time than supply the wear and tear of the wave - action on the exterior surface of the bank . From Selsea ...
... cliffs to the windward consist of drift , containing a limited supply of gravel , the waste of which does no more at the present time than supply the wear and tear of the wave - action on the exterior surface of the bank . From Selsea ...
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... cliffs above the level of high water . - Cliff - destruction . Where cliffs exist they supply material for littoral drift owing to their erosion , the degradation being more or less rapid , depending on whether the cliffs consist of the ...
... cliffs above the level of high water . - Cliff - destruction . Where cliffs exist they supply material for littoral drift owing to their erosion , the degradation being more or less rapid , depending on whether the cliffs consist of the ...
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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