The Sea-coast: 1. Destruction, 2. Littoral Drift, 3. ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1902 - 361 páginas |
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... denudation of material from the shore . ( 2 ) The way in which these forces operate . ( 3 ) The source of supply of material composing beaches ; the different classes of material ; and the quantity available for INTRODUCTION . 3.
... denudation of material from the shore . ( 2 ) The way in which these forces operate . ( 3 ) The source of supply of material composing beaches ; the different classes of material ; and the quantity available for INTRODUCTION . 3.
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... denudation of beaches . The waste and destruction of coasts , apart from interior causes , such as weather and landslips , due to want of drainage , are caused by the action of waves breaking against them during on - shore gales and ...
... denudation of beaches . The waste and destruction of coasts , apart from interior causes , such as weather and landslips , due to want of drainage , are caused by the action of waves breaking against them during on - shore gales and ...
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... denudation of the coast to the leeward . The protection of sand - dunes has also been deemed a matter of sufficient importance to warrant legislative interference to prevent the abstraction of the plants , which prevent it from drifting ...
... denudation of the coast to the leeward . The protection of sand - dunes has also been deemed a matter of sufficient importance to warrant legislative interference to prevent the abstraction of the plants , which prevent it from drifting ...
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... denuded during on- shore gales , and grow during those which blow off shore . In the rare cases where beds of shingle are found below low water , these permanently retain their position , and the stones of which these banks are composed ...
... denuded during on- shore gales , and grow during those which blow off shore . In the rare cases where beds of shingle are found below low water , these permanently retain their position , and the stones of which these banks are composed ...
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... denuded . Several instances of such stoppage of supply may be quoted . On the south coast the extension of the west ... denudation of the shore in front of Dymchurch and Romney . When the pier was projected from the shore of the English ...
... denuded . Several instances of such stoppage of supply may be quoted . On the south coast the extension of the west ... denudation of the shore in front of Dymchurch and Romney . When the pier was projected from the shore of the English ...
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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 clay coast coast-line composed concrete considerable constructed Crown 8vo 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 Illustrations inches in diameter island 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 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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