The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... WALL , HASTINGS 2. SECTION OF SHINGLE BANK . 3. SAND SPIT , GULF OF DANTZIG 4 SAND SPIT , CAPE COD 5. SAND DUNES · 6. PLAN SHOWING DIRECTION OF DRIFT IN A BAY 7. SEA - WALL AT MARGATE 8 . 99 • BRIDLINGTON 9. SECTION OF SEA - WALL 10. SEA - ...
... WALL , HASTINGS 2. SECTION OF SHINGLE BANK . 3. SAND SPIT , GULF OF DANTZIG 4 SAND SPIT , CAPE COD 5. SAND DUNES · 6. PLAN SHOWING DIRECTION OF DRIFT IN A BAY 7. SEA - WALL AT MARGATE 8 . 99 • BRIDLINGTON 9. SECTION OF SEA - WALL 10. SEA - ...
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... WALL , HASTINGS 2. SECTION OF SHINGLE BANK . • 3. SAND SPIT , GULF OF DANTZIG • 4 SAND SPIT , CAPE COD 5. SAND DUNES 6. PLAN SHOWING DIRECTION OF DRIFT IN A BAY . 7. SEA - WALL AT MARGATE 8 . BRIDLINGTON 9. SECTION OF SEA - WALL 10. SEA - ...
... WALL , HASTINGS 2. SECTION OF SHINGLE BANK . • 3. SAND SPIT , GULF OF DANTZIG • 4 SAND SPIT , CAPE COD 5. SAND DUNES 6. PLAN SHOWING DIRECTION OF DRIFT IN A BAY . 7. SEA - WALL AT MARGATE 8 . BRIDLINGTON 9. SECTION OF SEA - WALL 10. SEA - ...
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... wall or cliff , and the back wash is more destructive to a beach than ordinary wind waves . Breaking Waves . - Waves ... wall resting on a rock base about 2 feet above low water . At a short distance from the wall the rock bed dips , the ...
... wall or cliff , and the back wash is more destructive to a beach than ordinary wind waves . Breaking Waves . - Waves ... wall resting on a rock base about 2 feet above low water . At a short distance from the wall the rock bed dips , the ...
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... wall , it was found that the stones of the mound remained undisturbed at a depth of 15 feet below the surface previous to the upper wall being built . After this was constructed , the destructive action of the waves was so great that ...
... wall , it was found that the stones of the mound remained undisturbed at a depth of 15 feet below the surface previous to the upper wall being built . After this was constructed , the destructive action of the waves was so great that ...
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... wall at Penzance , showed that with the wind blowing with a force of from 15 to 18 lbs . per square foot , and with a depth of 10 feet of water , the pressure of the water on the wall due to the waves striking it at right angles was ...
... wall at Penzance , showed that with the wind blowing with a force of from 15 to 18 lbs . per square foot , and with a depth of 10 feet of water , the pressure of the water on the wall due to the waves striking it at right angles was ...
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The Sea-coast: 1. Destruction, 2. Littoral Drift, 3. Protection William Henry Wheeler Vista completa - 1902 |
Términos y frases comunes
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