The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... varying geological and tidal conditions attaching to sea- coasts , and the result of protective works carried out under different degrees of exposure , as may be of service to those having charge of protective works , or interested in ...
... varying geological and tidal conditions attaching to sea- coasts , and the result of protective works carried out under different degrees of exposure , as may be of service to those having charge of protective works , or interested in ...
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... varying in height according to the condition of the tide and the beach , from 6 to 24 inches , which break on the beach at the rate of ten to twenty a minute , one of the series reaching a maximum height . These wavelets are never ...
... varying in height according to the condition of the tide and the beach , from 6 to 24 inches , which break on the beach at the rate of ten to twenty a minute , one of the series reaching a maximum height . These wavelets are never ...
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... varies with circumstances . The least depth in which a wave can complete its undulation is when it reaches water the depth of which in repose is only equal to half the height of the wave from trough to crest . The general result of ...
... varies with circumstances . The least depth in which a wave can complete its undulation is when it reaches water the depth of which in repose is only equal to half the height of the wave from trough to crest . The general result of ...
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... varies as the depth of the water in repose , and is the same that a heavy body would acquire when falling freely from a ... varying in height , one of the series attaining a maximum height , and the others declining until a minimum is ...
... varies as the depth of the water in repose , and is the same that a heavy body would acquire when falling freely from a ... varying in height , one of the series attaining a maximum height , and the others declining until a minimum is ...
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... varying from 17 to 36 feet , and the water thrown upwards 120 feet . At Cherbourg blocks of concrete weighing 4 tons were lifted by the waves during a north - east gale , and taken over the top of the wall , and upwards of 200 of these ...
... varying from 17 to 36 feet , and the water thrown upwards 120 feet . At Cherbourg blocks of concrete weighing 4 tons were lifted by the waves during a north - east gale , and taken over the top of the wall , and upwards of 200 of these ...
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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