The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... erected on them . Along those parts of the coast , also , where the land is preserved from inundation by natural sand - dunes or artificial embankments the preservation of the beach is a matter of absolute necessity . Where , however ...
... erected on them . Along those parts of the coast , also , where the land is preserved from inundation by natural sand - dunes or artificial embankments the preservation of the beach is a matter of absolute necessity . Where , however ...
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... erected at Withernsea cost £ 370 each , and allowing eight groynes to the mile , the cost of protection per mile of coast would be £ 2960 . The life of these groynes may be taken at thirty years . The value of the land is about £ 30 an ...
... erected at Withernsea cost £ 370 each , and allowing eight groynes to the mile , the cost of protection per mile of coast would be £ 2960 . The life of these groynes may be taken at thirty years . The value of the land is about £ 30 an ...
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... erected four centuries ago , and , " The History of the Fens of South Lincolnshire . " Second edition . Chap . xvii . Simpkin , Marshall & Co. London , 1896 . 2 A full description of these banks and their surrounding circumstances will ...
... erected four centuries ago , and , " The History of the Fens of South Lincolnshire . " Second edition . Chap . xvii . Simpkin , Marshall & Co. London , 1896 . 2 A full description of these banks and their surrounding circumstances will ...
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... erected for the protection of the shore , and the material has accumulated at the west end of the harbour , at the back of the pier . From Bognor to Beachy Head the general direction of the drift is almost due east ; from Beachy Head to ...
... erected for the protection of the shore , and the material has accumulated at the west end of the harbour , at the back of the pier . From Bognor to Beachy Head the general direction of the drift is almost due east ; from Beachy Head to ...
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... erected at Hove . The base of the wall was carried 9 feet below the lowest level to which the beach had ever been ... erection of groynes , and by the deposit of shingle on the beach from the dredgings at Shoreham , a beach was again ...
... erected at Hove . The base of the wall was carried 9 feet below the lowest level to which the beach had ever been ... erection of groynes , and by the deposit of shingle on the beach from the dredgings at Shoreham , a beach was again ...
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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