The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... tide affords the necessary depth of water for their formation . The great tidal wave of the ocean , which causes the ... spring tides , when accompanied by heavy on - shore gales . The height to which the water rises above the beach is ...
... tide affords the necessary depth of water for their formation . The great tidal wave of the ocean , which causes the ... spring tides , when accompanied by heavy on - shore gales . The height to which the water rises above the beach is ...
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... spring tides , and that 10,000 tons were drifted along the beach in two tides on another occasion . In the Solent , near Hurst Castle , a shingle bank , 2 miles long and 12 feet high , consisting principally of flints resting on a clay ...
... spring tides , and that 10,000 tons were drifted along the beach in two tides on another occasion . In the Solent , near Hurst Castle , a shingle bank , 2 miles long and 12 feet high , consisting principally of flints resting on a clay ...
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... tides leave a residue of silicate of potash , which may , by chemical precipitation in the sea - water , become ... spring tides , or above this level . The exceptions to this rule are where the accumula- tion has become so great , as ...
... tides leave a residue of silicate of potash , which may , by chemical precipitation in the sea - water , become ... spring tides , or above this level . The exceptions to this rule are where the accumula- tion has become so great , as ...
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... spring tides , and a third lower down formed during neap tides , which , however , becomes obliterated by the following spring tides . A breaking wave on striking a shingle bank divides into two parts , the crest running up its face ...
... spring tides , and a third lower down formed during neap tides , which , however , becomes obliterated by the following spring tides . A breaking wave on striking a shingle bank divides into two parts , the crest running up its face ...
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... tide from the entrance to the Ribble in Liverpool Bay , from the Humber off Spurn Point , the Colne near Brightlingsea ... spring tides during off - shore winds at 20 feet below the surface , and 16 feet from the bottom.1 In shallow seas ...
... tide from the entrance to the Ribble in Liverpool Bay , from the Humber off Spurn Point , the Colne near Brightlingsea ... spring tides during off - shore winds at 20 feet below the surface , and 16 feet from the bottom.1 In shallow seas ...
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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