The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... width , the erosion during the last ten years having gone on at a more rapid rate than at any previous period . To deal with this question , it has been proposed to obtain Parliamentary powers for the purpose of carrying out a general ...
... width , the erosion during the last ten years having gone on at a more rapid rate than at any previous period . To deal with this question , it has been proposed to obtain Parliamentary powers for the purpose of carrying out a general ...
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... width , would be- 30 × 1 × 5 × 64 = 9600 lbs . = 4.27 tons The kinetic energy would be the product of 4-27 tons falling from a height of 5 feet , or 21:35 tons , or 4.27 tons per foot super . That is to say , each wave would be capable ...
... width , would be- 30 × 1 × 5 × 64 = 9600 lbs . = 4.27 tons The kinetic energy would be the product of 4-27 tons falling from a height of 5 feet , or 21:35 tons , or 4.27 tons per foot super . That is to say , each wave would be capable ...
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... width , was solid land , and that a deep depression has at some time been produced by the scouring away and waste of the chalk , leaving the steep cliffs which exist on both sides . M. Lamblardie , 1 in his treatise on the coasts of ...
... width , was solid land , and that a deep depression has at some time been produced by the scouring away and waste of the chalk , leaving the steep cliffs which exist on both sides . M. Lamblardie , 1 in his treatise on the coasts of ...
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... width of 500 feet at the base , the top ranging from 20 to 50 feet above high water ; the Hurst Bank in the Solent , which projects across the Channel for 11⁄2 miles in a mound varying from 3 to 100 yards wide , the top being 12 feet ...
... width of 500 feet at the base , the top ranging from 20 to 50 feet above high water ; the Hurst Bank in the Solent , which projects across the Channel for 11⁄2 miles in a mound varying from 3 to 100 yards wide , the top being 12 feet ...
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... width of 30 yards , and to a depth of from 3 feet to 4 feet . As soon as the gale subsides , the sand , mixed with some shingle , begins to work back in a mound or ridge , slowly advancing up the beach until the low is levelled up . In ...
... width of 30 yards , and to a depth of from 3 feet to 4 feet . As soon as the gale subsides , the sand , mixed with some shingle , begins to work back in a mound or ridge , slowly advancing up the beach until the low is levelled up . In ...
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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