The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... considerable dimensions , by anchoring four empty boxes on the sloping sand - bed of the lake at equal distances over a length of 650 yards , in depths of 6 feet , 12 feet , 18 feet , and 20 feet . After storms it was found that the ...
... considerable dimensions , by anchoring four empty boxes on the sloping sand - bed of the lake at equal distances over a length of 650 yards , in depths of 6 feet , 12 feet , 18 feet , and 20 feet . After storms it was found that the ...
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... considerable interval of time , and extends over a wider space than that covered by the original cause of disturbance , the effect being transmitted beyond the sphere of the gale . Thus frequently there is a heavy ground - swell on the ...
... considerable interval of time , and extends over a wider space than that covered by the original cause of disturbance , the effect being transmitted beyond the sphere of the gale . Thus frequently there is a heavy ground - swell on the ...
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... considerable depth is due to tidal currents , and not to wave - action . A column of water several fathoms in depth , moving with a velocity of 3 or 4 knots , is fully sufficient to account for the displacement of materials of considerable ...
... considerable depth is due to tidal currents , and not to wave - action . A column of water several fathoms in depth , moving with a velocity of 3 or 4 knots , is fully sufficient to account for the displacement of materials of considerable ...
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... considerable size and weight , which have been buried in the sand for longer or shorter periods , are occasionally , in heavy gales causing high waves , lifted up , carried forward , and left stranded on the beach . These , however ...
... considerable size and weight , which have been buried in the sand for longer or shorter periods , are occasionally , in heavy gales causing high waves , lifted up , carried forward , and left stranded on the beach . These , however ...
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... considerable quantity of material , rapidly become disintegrated and reduced to the original particles of sand or shells of which they were composed , the débris from limestone and chalk cliffs being broken up , and the components ...
... considerable quantity of material , rapidly become disintegrated and reduced to the original particles of sand or shells of which they were composed , the débris from limestone and chalk cliffs being broken up , and the components ...
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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