The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction (2) Littoral Drift (3) ProtectionLongmans, Green, and Company, 1902 - 361 páginas This title deals with the effects of erosion and littoral drift on the English and continental coast-lines bordering the North Sea, and outlines protective measures including sea-walls and groynes. |
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... derived from the land -Cliff - destruction - Supply of beach material limited - Littoral drift as harbours - Shingle - Sand - Sand - spits - Sand - dunes - Alluvium -Settlement of solid matter in fresh and salt water - Direction of ...
... derived from the land -Cliff - destruction - Supply of beach material limited - Littoral drift as harbours - Shingle - Sand - Sand - spits - Sand - dunes - Alluvium -Settlement of solid matter in fresh and salt water - Direction of ...
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... derived from the waste of the cliffs now going The quantity of beach material contained in the first class is generally so large and covers so wide an area that there is not any objection to its removal for commercial purposes so far as ...
... derived from the waste of the cliffs now going The quantity of beach material contained in the first class is generally so large and covers so wide an area that there is not any objection to its removal for commercial purposes so far as ...
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... derived from the swelling of the tide on the shore , which have a material effect on the movement of beach material . When the tide is rising , the water for some distance from the coast is flowing towards the shore , and when falling ...
... derived from the swelling of the tide on the shore , which have a material effect on the movement of beach material . When the tide is rising , the water for some distance from the coast is flowing towards the shore , and when falling ...
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... derived from the adjacent cliffs . For example , on the West Coast , in Morecambe Bay , the sand - beds cover an area of 90,000 acres , dry at low water , and in the adjacent Duddon estuary they cover 9000 acres . It is im- possible ...
... derived from the adjacent cliffs . For example , on the West Coast , in Morecambe Bay , the sand - beds cover an area of 90,000 acres , dry at low water , and in the adjacent Duddon estuary they cover 9000 acres . It is im- possible ...
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... 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 area of about 160 acres ; and the whole line of coast between here and Brighton ...
... 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 area of about 160 acres ; and the whole line of coast between here and Brighton ...
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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 acres alluvium angle bank of shingle basalt beach in front beach material Blackpool boulder clay boulders Bridlington Burton Bradstock carried chalk chalk cliffs channel chert clay coast coast-line composed concrete considerable constructed denudation deposited depth derived direction distance dunes east effect entrance erected erosion estuary extends face feet high Felixstowe flints flood tide foot gravel groynes harbour headland heavy gales height 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 Morecambe Bay on-shore gales pebbles pier piles placed planking promenade protection quantity quartzite rise river rocks sand and shingle sand-hills sandstone sandy beach sea-wall seaward shingle and sand shingle-bank shore slope spit spring tides Spurn Point stones surface tidal timber varying wall washed waves breaking width wind Withernsea yards wide
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Página vii - Engineer in 1899, and is reprinted here with the permission of the editor of that...
Página 280 - Hastings the formations are as much as 200 feet higher on the north than on the south side of the river, whereas at Nininger, which is three miles to the northwest, they are higher south of the river.
Página 11 - Fall, as the crest of some slow-arching wave, Heard in dead night along that table shore, Drops flat, and after the great waters break Whitening for half a league, and thin themselves, Far over sands marbled with moon and cloud, From less and less to nothing...
Página 100 - The wall is 3J/2 miles long, 16 feet wide at the base and 5 feet at the top, which is 17 feet above low tide. The base is protected by granite blocks, extending out 27 feet into the Gulf. The concrete wall is reinforced by steel rods 9 feet long, set obliquely. In the construction of this sea wall, 150,000 tons of concrete, containing over 140,000 barrels of cement, were used...