The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... high - water mark , the shingle was carried away and the foundations laid ... groynes or buttresses , 4 feet 6 inches high , were carried out at right ... groynes were consequently removed . This wall was made with a curved batter , the ...
... high - water mark , the shingle was carried away and the foundations laid ... groynes or buttresses , 4 feet 6 inches high , were carried out at right ... groynes were consequently removed . This wall was made with a curved batter , the ...
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... high from the base to the top , O.H.W.S.T. Line Sand CLAY PROMENADE Radius 8-0- Batter 14 to 1 19 ' 0 " 7'6 " - CLACTON ON SEA OLD WALL FIG . 13 . which is 11 feet above O.H.W.S.T. ... groynes , 4 feet 6 inches high , 102 THE SEA - COAST .
... high from the base to the top , O.H.W.S.T. Line Sand CLAY PROMENADE Radius 8-0- Batter 14 to 1 19 ' 0 " 7'6 " - CLACTON ON SEA OLD WALL FIG . 13 . which is 11 feet above O.H.W.S.T. ... groynes , 4 feet 6 inches high , 102 THE SEA - COAST .
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... groynes , 4 feet 6 inches high , were carried out to low water at right angles to the wall , with the object of pre- | venting the denudation of the beach in front . It was , however , found that instead of effecting this purpose , the ...
... groynes , 4 feet 6 inches high , were carried out to low water at right angles to the wall , with the object of pre- | venting the denudation of the beach in front . It was , however , found that instead of effecting this purpose , the ...
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... Groynes at regular intervals run out from the bank to low water . On the Friesland coast , over a length of 150 miles ... groynes were constructed in front of the cliff , but , not being carried high enough up the beach , did more harm ...
... Groynes at regular intervals run out from the bank to low water . On the Friesland coast , over a length of 150 miles ... groynes were constructed in front of the cliff , but , not being carried high enough up the beach , did more harm ...
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... groynes are made use of , placed on the beach transversely to the coast - line . The system of groyning generally adopted may be divided into three classes- ( 1 ) High substantial structures placed at short intervals apart . ( 2 ) Those ...
... groynes are made use of , placed on the beach transversely to the coast - line . The system of groyning generally adopted may be divided into three classes- ( 1 ) High substantial structures placed at short intervals apart . ( 2 ) Those ...
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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