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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... seaward of its plunge or breaking - point on to the shore . If two floating substances be thrown into the water , one immediately beyond the wave breaking on the shore , and the other within its range , the former will flow away with ...
... seaward of its plunge or breaking - point on to the shore . If two floating substances be thrown into the water , one immediately beyond the wave breaking on the shore , and the other within its range , the former will flow away with ...
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... seaward . This action , also , is the main factor in maintaining the depth of water in bays . Captain Calver describes this as " the scavenging process caused by waves due to on - shore gales . An on - shore wind always produces an off ...
... seaward . This action , also , is the main factor in maintaining the depth of water in bays . Captain Calver describes this as " the scavenging process caused by waves due to on - shore gales . An on - shore wind always produces an off ...
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... seaward by the waves , and on another occasion 4 million tons were scoured out , three - fourths of which was removed back after the gale ceased . During a heavy gale in the winter of 1824 , a laden sloop of 100 tons burden ran on the ...
... seaward by the waves , and on another occasion 4 million tons were scoured out , three - fourths of which was removed back after the gale ceased . During a heavy gale in the winter of 1824 , a laden sloop of 100 tons burden ran on the ...
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... seaward ; while the finer alluvial matter will remain in suspension until it is carried seaward beyond the reach of wave - action.1 Although shingle and sand have accumulated in some places in great and apparently unlimited quantities ...
... seaward ; while the finer alluvial matter will remain in suspension until it is carried seaward beyond the reach of wave - action.1 Although shingle and sand have accumulated in some places in great and apparently unlimited quantities ...
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... seaward , carrying with them the débris from the rock - surface , disintegrated by frost , and broken up by ice sheets and glaciers ; and besides leaving deposits of gravel in the valleys and on the surface of the land , carried the ...
... seaward , carrying with them the débris from the rock - surface , disintegrated by frost , and broken up by ice sheets and glaciers ; and besides leaving deposits of gravel in the valleys and on the surface of the land , carried the ...
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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 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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