The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... high tides to sea - walls and other works which have been constructed for the protection of lands adjacent to the coast . The means taken to prevent similar disasters , and generally for the protection of the coast , are as diverse as ...
... high tides to sea - walls and other works which have been constructed for the protection of lands adjacent to the coast . The means taken to prevent similar disasters , and generally for the protection of the coast , are as diverse as ...
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... high water ; and " beach , " the space between this and low- water line . " The Action of Winds and Tides on the Movement of Material on the Sea- Coast , " British Association , Bristol , 1898 ; " The Source of Warp in the Humber ...
... high water ; and " beach , " the space between this and low- water line . " The Action of Winds and Tides on the Movement of Material on the Sea- Coast , " British Association , Bristol , 1898 ; " The Source of Warp in the Humber ...
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... high tides , and depend for their protection on the maintenance of the sand - dunes by which they are bordered , or on sea - walls and earthen embankments of a very extensive character . The consideration whether the destructive ...
... high tides , and depend for their protection on the maintenance of the sand - dunes by which they are bordered , or on sea - walls and earthen embankments of a very extensive character . The consideration whether the destructive ...
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... high tides . It is essential , therefore , that attention should be given to the laws governing the action of shore waves on beaches , cliffs , and sea - walls . As the force of the waves which beat against a cliff or sea- wall and ...
... high tides . It is essential , therefore , that attention should be given to the laws governing the action of shore waves on beaches , cliffs , and sea - walls . As the force of the waves which beat against a cliff or sea- wall and ...
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... tidal wave of the ocean , which causes the rise and fall of the water on the coast , is therefore an element that has to be taken into consideration . The maximum effect due to the tidal wave is felt at the time of high spring tides ...
... tidal wave of the ocean , which causes the rise and fall of the water on the coast , is therefore an element that has to be taken into consideration . The maximum effect due to the tidal wave is felt at the time of high spring tides ...
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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