The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... fathoms in depth , moving with a velocity of 3 or 4 knots , is fully sufficient to account for the displacement of materials of considerable size lying on the bed of the ocean . It is well known that there is a movement at the bottom of ...
... fathoms in depth , moving with a velocity of 3 or 4 knots , is fully sufficient to account for the displacement of materials of considerable size lying on the bed of the ocean . It is well known that there is a movement at the bottom of ...
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... fathoms ( 40 billion cubic yards ) of sand and two billions of shingle , and that this accounts for the vast beds of shingle that are found along the coasts of the Channel and which choke the entrance to the harbours , and the sand ...
... fathoms ( 40 billion cubic yards ) of sand and two billions of shingle , and that this accounts for the vast beds of shingle that are found along the coasts of the Channel and which choke the entrance to the harbours , and the sand ...
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... fathoms , and thrown on to the beach . Mr. Shaler , in his account of the sea - beaches of the Atlantic coast , states that boulders lying on the sea - bed at considerable depths , having seaweed attached to them , are borne by the ...
... fathoms , and thrown on to the beach . Mr. Shaler , in his account of the sea - beaches of the Atlantic coast , states that boulders lying on the sea - bed at considerable depths , having seaweed attached to them , are borne by the ...
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... fathoms of water . Although occasion- ally this submarine bank of shingle alters its shape due to tidal action , or to wave - action during heavy gales , it retains its position , and there is no evidence of its diminution or of the ...
... fathoms of water . Although occasion- ally this submarine bank of shingle alters its shape due to tidal action , or to wave - action during heavy gales , it retains its position , and there is no evidence of its diminution or of the ...
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... fathoms . FIG . 4. - Sand Spit , Cape Cod . which yield a large supply of sand and boulders . Past Cape Cod the drift of the flood tide is north and then south - westerly into Massachusetts Bay , and the sand has been drifted in the ...
... fathoms . FIG . 4. - Sand Spit , Cape Cod . which yield a large supply of sand and boulders . Past Cape Cod the drift of the flood tide is north and then south - westerly into Massachusetts Bay , and the sand has been drifted in the ...
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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