The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... in the frontispiece , which is taken from a photograph made by Blom- field of Hastings - and shingle was lifted off the beach and carried across the promenade into the bedrooms of the houses fronting 20 THE SEA - COAST .
... in the frontispiece , which is taken from a photograph made by Blom- field of Hastings - and shingle was lifted off the beach and carried across the promenade into the bedrooms of the houses fronting 20 THE SEA - COAST .
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... promenade into the bedrooms of the houses fronting the sea . At Peterhead , as already mentioned , the water due to a rise of tide on the foreshore of only 7 or 8 feet has been known to strike the wall with such force as to be thrown ...
... promenade into the bedrooms of the houses fronting the sea . At Peterhead , as already mentioned , the water due to a rise of tide on the foreshore of only 7 or 8 feet has been known to strike the wall with such force as to be thrown ...
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... promenade wall at Bridlington is stepped , each course of the stones projecting in front of the one above , a distance vary- ing from 4 inches at the top to 8 inches in the bottom courses . LIBRARY SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY ...
... promenade wall at Bridlington is stepped , each course of the stones projecting in front of the one above , a distance vary- ing from 4 inches at the top to 8 inches in the bottom courses . LIBRARY SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY ...
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... promenade wall at Blackpool , hereafter described , is a combination of a sloping base with an upright wall at the top , and is the result of intentional design . The walls both at Dymchurch and Blackpool have resulted in continual ...
... promenade wall at Blackpool , hereafter described , is a combination of a sloping base with an upright wall at the top , and is the result of intentional design . The walls both at Dymchurch and Blackpool have resulted in continual ...
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... promenade at the back , and the return water is led back by the curved bottom to the beach by a slope conformable to its natural angle of repose , while the apron prevents the cutting out of the beach 86 THE SEA - COAST .
... promenade at the back , and the return water is led back by the curved bottom to the beach by a slope conformable to its natural angle of repose , while the apron prevents the cutting out of the beach 86 THE SEA - COAST .
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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