The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1903 - 361 páginas |
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... long and 12 feet high , consisting principally of flints resting on a clay base , was moved forwards in a north - easterly direction 40 yards , during a storm in 1824 . The Northam pebble ridge , which extends for 2 miles in a north ...
... long and 12 feet high , consisting principally of flints resting on a clay base , was moved forwards in a north - easterly direction 40 yards , during a storm in 1824 . The Northam pebble ridge , which extends for 2 miles in a north ...
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... yards ) of sand and two billions of shingle , and that this accounts for the vast beds of shingle that are found along the coasts of the Channel and which choke the entrance to the harbours , and the sand which con- stitutes the long ...
... yards ) of sand and two billions of shingle , and that this accounts for the vast beds of shingle that are found along the coasts of the Channel and which choke the entrance to the harbours , and the sand which con- stitutes the long ...
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... length of 30 miles , any source from which any recent supply of shingle can be derived . Yet at Pagham there is a large bank of this material , extending over 2 miles , the part above high water being 250 yards wide , and covering an ...
... length of 30 miles , any source from which any recent supply of shingle can be derived . Yet at Pagham there is a large bank of this material , extending over 2 miles , the part above high water being 250 yards wide , and covering an ...
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... yards wide , the top being 12 feet above low water , and extending below low water a distance of 3 miles , having a ... long and 150 yards wide , 3 and at Shoreham a bank 4 miles in length , and in places a quarter of a mile wide.3 On ...
... yards wide , the top being 12 feet above low water , and extending below low water a distance of 3 miles , having a ... long and 150 yards wide , 3 and at Shoreham a bank 4 miles in length , and in places a quarter of a mile wide.3 On ...
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... yards in width , sloping seaward at an angle of 1 in 70 . Careful measurements have been made of this beach during ... long narrow banks , which , commencing at some salient point , run for a considerable distance in a direction parallel to ...
... yards in width , sloping seaward at an angle of 1 in 70 . Careful measurements have been made of this beach during ... long narrow banks , which , commencing at some salient point , run for a considerable distance in a direction parallel to ...
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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