The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... constructed for the protection of lands adjacent to the coast . The means taken to prevent similar disasters , and generally for the protection of the coast , are as diverse as many of them are ineffectual . In no branch of engineering ...
... constructed for the protection of lands adjacent to the coast . The means taken to prevent similar disasters , and generally for the protection of the coast , are as diverse as many of them are ineffectual . In no branch of engineering ...
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... constructed , the destructive action of the waves was so great that the mound was affected at more than 20 feet below low water , and a clean breach was made through the wall between the level of high and low water . Tynemouth north ...
... constructed , the destructive action of the waves was so great that the mound was affected at more than 20 feet below low water , and a clean breach was made through the wall between the level of high and low water . Tynemouth north ...
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... constructed for the purpose of ascertaining the force of the impact of waves on harbour - walls and exposed piers , give a very much lower result than that shown by the above calculation . With waves 10 feet high , the mean pressure ...
... constructed for the purpose of ascertaining the force of the impact of waves on harbour - walls and exposed piers , give a very much lower result than that shown by the above calculation . With waves 10 feet high , the mean pressure ...
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... constructed there is scarcely any accumu- lation . The groynes placed between Ostend and Heyst and beyond Wendyke show no indication of any accumulation of sand since they were constructed several years ago ; and a com- parison of ...
... constructed there is scarcely any accumu- lation . The groynes placed between Ostend and Heyst and beyond Wendyke show no indication of any accumulation of sand since they were constructed several years ago ; and a com- parison of ...
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... the shingle - bank , and jetties had to be constructed to maintain it in position . Along the Devonshire coast , at Seaton the river Axe , and at Charmouth the river Char , have both been driven a LITTORAL DRIFT . 69.
... the shingle - bank , and jetties had to be constructed to maintain it in position . Along the Devonshire coast , at Seaton the river Axe , and at Charmouth the river Char , have both been driven a LITTORAL DRIFT . 69.
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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