The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... rocks of future ages . The destruction of the sea - coast has been most felt along the chalk cliffs at the east end of the English Channel ; and owing to the necessity of preserving the frontage of the seaside resorts , which abound ...
... rocks of future ages . The destruction of the sea - coast has been most felt along the chalk cliffs at the east end of the English Channel ; and owing to the necessity of preserving the frontage of the seaside resorts , which abound ...
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... rocks or on the edge of a shoal lying below the orbit of the wave . When a wave meets a barrier projecting from the bed of the sea the water is thrown upward , and the wave which comes in contact with this obstruction attains an ...
... rocks or on the edge of a shoal lying below the orbit of the wave . When a wave meets a barrier projecting from the bed of the sea the water is thrown upward , and the wave which comes in contact with this obstruction attains an ...
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... rock base about 2 feet above low water . At a short distance from the wall the rock bed dips , the depth of the water increasing to about 30 feet ; there is then a ledge of rocks 160 feet from the wall , on which the " Harbour ...
... rock base about 2 feet above low water . At a short distance from the wall the rock bed dips , the depth of the water increasing to about 30 feet ; there is then a ledge of rocks 160 feet from the wall , on which the " Harbour ...
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... Rock- fragments from Hartland Point and the cliffs on the coast between there and Abbotsham have been rolled along the beach in the form of boulders , each weighing from 10 lbs . to 150 lbs . , for a distance of from 10 to 15 miles ...
... Rock- fragments from Hartland Point and the cliffs on the coast between there and Abbotsham have been rolled along the beach in the form of boulders , each weighing from 10 lbs . to 150 lbs . , for a distance of from 10 to 15 miles ...
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... Rock Lighthouse , where the water was thrown upwards 106 feet , and instances have occurred at the Skerries , where the water and spray have been projected 60 feet upwards , carrying with it pieces of stone on to the lighthouse roof ...
... Rock Lighthouse , where the water was thrown upwards 106 feet , and instances have occurred at the Skerries , where the water and spray have been projected 60 feet upwards , carrying with it pieces of stone on to the lighthouse roof ...
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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