The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... sandstone containing water , showed that not only did the fragments become rounded and diminished in size , but also under- went a certain amount of chemical decomposition . Angular fragments of granite , quartz , and felspar , after ...
... sandstone containing water , showed that not only did the fragments become rounded and diminished in size , but also under- went a certain amount of chemical decomposition . Angular fragments of granite , quartz , and felspar , after ...
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... Sandstone ( Pontypridd ) 0.00 27.54 27.54 Limestone- Kentish rag Magnesian 2.19 22.23 24.43 Carboniferous Slag from iron smelting 0.61 14.37 15.03 Flints , second test of same stones after being worn . 0.93 3.91 4.84 After the particles ...
... Sandstone ( Pontypridd ) 0.00 27.54 27.54 Limestone- Kentish rag Magnesian 2.19 22.23 24.43 Carboniferous Slag from iron smelting 0.61 14.37 15.03 Flints , second test of same stones after being worn . 0.93 3.91 4.84 After the particles ...
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... sandstone and limestone cliffs , although yielding a considerable quantity of material , rapidly become disintegrated and reduced to the original particles of sand or shells of which they were composed , the débris from limestone and ...
... sandstone and limestone cliffs , although yielding a considerable quantity of material , rapidly become disintegrated and reduced to the original particles of sand or shells of which they were composed , the débris from limestone and ...
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... sandstone , and on this is imposed . a stratum from 10 to 30 feet thick of boulder clay , which has fallen from the cliff behind . The shore consists of shale , which dips seaward , the beach having a covering of sand and pebbles ...
... sandstone , and on this is imposed . a stratum from 10 to 30 feet thick of boulder clay , which has fallen from the cliff behind . The shore consists of shale , which dips seaward , the beach having a covering of sand and pebbles ...
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... sandstone blocks , laid on concrete to a little above the level of the highest tides , the lower face being concave , with a radius of 14.76 feet , and the lower part convex , and above this brick paving on concrete . The base is ...
... sandstone blocks , laid on concrete to a little above the level of the highest tides , the lower face being concave , with a radius of 14.76 feet , and the lower part convex , and above this brick paving on concrete . The base is ...
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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