The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... derived from the land -Cliff - destruction - Supply of beach material limited - Littoral drift as harbours - Shingle - Sand - Sand - spits - Sand - dunes - Alluvium -Settlement of solid matter in salt and fresh water - Direction of ...
... derived from the land -Cliff - destruction - Supply of beach material limited - Littoral drift as harbours - Shingle - Sand - Sand - spits - Sand - dunes - Alluvium -Settlement of solid matter in salt and fresh water - Direction of ...
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... derived from the waste of the , cliffs now going on . ( 4 ) Sufflies brought do whether . cast up The quantity of beach material contained in the first class is generally so large and covers so wide an area that there is not any ...
... derived from the waste of the , cliffs now going on . ( 4 ) Sufflies brought do whether . cast up The quantity of beach material contained in the first class is generally so large and covers so wide an area that there is not any ...
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... derived from the swelling of the tide on the shore , which have a material effect on the movement of beach material . When the tide is rising , the water for some distance from the coast is flowing towards the shore , and when falling ...
... derived from the swelling of the tide on the shore , which have a material effect on the movement of beach material . When the tide is rising , the water for some distance from the coast is flowing towards the shore , and when falling ...
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... derived from the adjacent cliffs . For example , on the West Coast , in Morecambe Bay , the sand - beds cover an area of 90,000 acres , dry at low water , and in the adjacent Duddon estuary they cover 9000 acres . It is im- possible ...
... derived from the adjacent cliffs . For example , on the West Coast , in Morecambe Bay , the sand - beds cover an area of 90,000 acres , dry at low water , and in the adjacent Duddon estuary they cover 9000 acres . It is im- possible ...
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... derived . Yet at Pagham there is a large bank of this material , extending over 2 miles , the part above high water being 250 yards wide , and covering an area of about 160 acres ; and the whole line of coast between here and Brighton ...
... derived . Yet at Pagham there is a large bank of this material , extending over 2 miles , the part above high water being 250 yards wide , and covering an area of about 160 acres ; and the whole line of coast between here and Brighton ...
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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