The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... inland during the gale referred to . This bank also affords a good illustration of the forces at work in drifting material along the coast for long distances . Rock- fragments from Hartland Point and the cliffs on the coast between ...
... inland during the gale referred to . This bank also affords a good illustration of the forces at work in drifting material along the coast for long distances . Rock- fragments from Hartland Point and the cliffs on the coast between ...
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... inland , as is the case with Rye and Winchelsea , this has been due to the closing up of an estuary , or the indent of the coast on which they were situated , with shingle drifted along the beach . The large tract of land gained from ...
... inland , as is the case with Rye and Winchelsea , this has been due to the closing up of an estuary , or the indent of the coast on which they were situated , with shingle drifted along the beach . The large tract of land gained from ...
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... inland sources is shown by the colour of the flint pebbles . The flints derived from the waste of chalk cliffs are invariably black with a white exterior , while the colours of the majority of the flint pebbles forming the large ...
... inland sources is shown by the colour of the flint pebbles . The flints derived from the waste of chalk cliffs are invariably black with a white exterior , while the colours of the majority of the flint pebbles forming the large ...
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... inland , and the foot of the dunes driven 100 yards inland . There has , however , been an accumulation of sand against the jetties at the entrance to the Ymuiden harbour , which projects 1 mile from the shore , and also against those ...
... inland , and the foot of the dunes driven 100 yards inland . There has , however , been an accumulation of sand against the jetties at the entrance to the Ymuiden harbour , which projects 1 mile from the shore , and also against those ...
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... inland banks , and planting them in the sand . On the coast of Holland the dunes are extended and repaired by setting in the sand , in rows about 1 foot apart , tufts of marram- grass . The holes are dug with the hand , the tuft placed ...
... inland banks , and planting them in the sand . On the coast of Holland the dunes are extended and repaired by setting in the sand , in rows about 1 foot apart , tufts of marram- grass . The holes are dug with the hand , the tuft placed ...
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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