The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... washed away three centuries hence appears to be more novel than practical . Previous to designing works of coast defence , it is necessary to have a clear conception as to- ( 1 ) The forces in operation causing the destruction of the ...
... washed away three centuries hence appears to be more novel than practical . Previous to designing works of coast defence , it is necessary to have a clear conception as to- ( 1 ) The forces in operation causing the destruction of the ...
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... washed by the deep water of the sea without the intervention of the sand beaches which now , in most cases , stretch from them . The form of the cliffs as they exist is due to the destructive action of the waves , to landslips , and ...
... washed by the deep water of the sea without the intervention of the sand beaches which now , in most cases , stretch from them . The form of the cliffs as they exist is due to the destructive action of the waves , to landslips , and ...
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... washed ashore . The same also occurs on the Lincolnshire coast , where the boulder clay containing rock fragments of all kinds is exposed on the beach at low water , and the stones , loosened during gales , are drifted shorewards ...
... washed ashore . The same also occurs on the Lincolnshire coast , where the boulder clay containing rock fragments of all kinds is exposed on the beach at low water , and the stones , loosened during gales , are drifted shorewards ...
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... washed on shore . As an example of this , reference may be made to the large bed of shingle known as the " Skerries , " 3 miles long by half a mile wide , situated about a mile off the shore , near Start Point , on the coast of Devon ...
... washed on shore . As an example of this , reference may be made to the large bed of shingle known as the " Skerries , " 3 miles long by half a mile wide , situated about a mile off the shore , near Start Point , on the coast of Devon ...
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... washed flat lying between the Zuider- zee and the North Sea , a sand - dyke was thrown up between 3 and 4 miles in length , enclosing 1600 acres of land , and against this the wind - blown sand has accumulated to the width of a mile ...
... washed flat lying between the Zuider- zee and the North Sea , a sand - dyke was thrown up between 3 and 4 miles in length , enclosing 1600 acres of land , and against this the wind - blown sand has accumulated to the width of a mile ...
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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