The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... direction from which the normal direction of the littoral drift takes place , and that to which it moves , these have been retained , although wind is not the cause of the regular and continuous drift . . The word " shore " is used to ...
... direction from which the normal direction of the littoral drift takes place , and that to which it moves , these have been retained , although wind is not the cause of the regular and continuous drift . . The word " shore " is used to ...
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... Direction of travel -Transporting agency - Tidal shore waves affecting CHAPTER IV . SEA - WALLS . General description of sea - walls - Upright walls - Curved walls - Walls with a stepped face - Sloping - Most effective form - Forces ...
... Direction of travel -Transporting agency - Tidal shore waves affecting CHAPTER IV . SEA - WALLS . General description of sea - walls - Upright walls - Curved walls - Walls with a stepped face - Sloping - Most effective form - Forces ...
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... Direction -Length - Cost - Accretion of beaches due to groynes - Case system of groynes - Beard's system - Conclusions as to the use and advantages of groynes - Crown rights to the beach PAGE 116 CHAPTER VII . THE COAST OF ENGLAND ...
... Direction -Length - Cost - Accretion of beaches due to groynes - Case system of groynes - Beard's system - Conclusions as to the use and advantages of groynes - Crown rights to the beach PAGE 116 CHAPTER VII . THE COAST OF ENGLAND ...
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... direction as the main stream of the flood tide , changes about the time of high water to an on - shore direction . The increase above the normal height due to gales varies from 3 to 4 feet , and under exceptional conditions to.
... direction as the main stream of the flood tide , changes about the time of high water to an on - shore direction . The increase above the normal height due to gales varies from 3 to 4 feet , and under exceptional conditions to.
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... direction 40 yards , during a storm in 1824 . The Northam pebble ridge , which extends for 2 miles in a north - easterly direction from Westward Ho , has on more than one occasion , during very heavy gales from the west and north- west ...
... direction 40 yards , during a storm in 1824 . The Northam pebble ridge , which extends for 2 miles in a north - easterly direction from Westward Ho , has on more than one occasion , during very heavy gales from the west and north- west ...
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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