The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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Página 42
... low is rapidly filling with water , and thus cutting off their retreat to ... groynes which extend across the shore , and the general outline of the beach ... low sandy shore , sloping at an angle of from 1 in 50 to 1 in 100 , bordered by ...
... low is rapidly filling with water , and thus cutting off their retreat to ... groynes which extend across the shore , and the general outline of the beach ... low sandy shore , sloping at an angle of from 1 in 50 to 1 in 100 , bordered by ...
Página 103
... 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 , where there are no dunes , the earthen banks have been protected at their foot by triple rows of piles , bound ...
... Groynes at regular intervals run out from the bank to low water . On the Friesland coast , over a length of 150 miles , where there are no dunes , the earthen banks have been protected at their foot by triple rows of piles , bound ...
Página 117
... groynes project much above the beach , and are placed within short distances ... low jetties have been run out across sandy fore- shores , there has in some ... GROYNES . 117.
... groynes project much above the beach , and are placed within short distances ... low jetties have been run out across sandy fore- shores , there has in some ... GROYNES . 117.
Página 118
... low groynes be placed across such beaches , extending from the shore to low water , the action of the flood tides causes the sand off the ridges to work upwards along the groynes towards the shore , filling the hollows , and leaving an ...
... low groynes be placed across such beaches , extending from the shore to low water , the action of the flood tides causes the sand off the ridges to work upwards along the groynes towards the shore , filling the hollows , and leaving an ...
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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