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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... side . This bank is composed principally of large boulders , many of which , 12 inches and upwards in diameter , and weighing from 40 lbs . to 50 lbs . , are on the top of the bank , which is about 6 feet above the line of ordinary high ...
... side . This bank is composed principally of large boulders , many of which , 12 inches and upwards in diameter , and weighing from 40 lbs . to 50 lbs . , are on the top of the bank , which is about 6 feet above the line of ordinary high ...
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... sides being from 25 to 30 feet , and the east side is exposed to the full range of the Atlantic Ocean . Coney Island projects 1 miles in a westerly direction , and is about half a mile wide . The way in which Coney Island projects ...
... sides being from 25 to 30 feet , and the east side is exposed to the full range of the Atlantic Ocean . Coney Island projects 1 miles in a westerly direction , and is about half a mile wide . The way in which Coney Island projects ...
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... side to an almost vertical face ; but in calm weather the damage is made good , and the sea - grasses mat and bind the shifting soil with their long spreading roots . On the opposite side of the English Channel and North Sea the dunes ...
... side to an almost vertical face ; but in calm weather the damage is made good , and the sea - grasses mat and bind the shifting soil with their long spreading roots . On the opposite side of the English Channel and North Sea the dunes ...
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... side of the pier at Bridport is of a different character to that on the east side , the latter consisting of small rounded pea - like brown pebbles , similar to that at Slapton , but of a different colour , and composed almost entirely ...
... side of the pier at Bridport is of a different character to that on the east side , the latter consisting of small rounded pea - like brown pebbles , similar to that at Slapton , but of a different colour , and composed almost entirely ...
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... side , consisted of a ridge of sand , having a depth of 50 feet of water on one side and 40 feet on the other , with only 9 feet on the crest . The bar at the mouth of the Boston Deeps , at the entrance of the northern side of the Wash ...
... side , consisted of a ridge of sand , having a depth of 50 feet of water on one side and 40 feet on the other , with only 9 feet on the crest . The bar at the mouth of the Boston Deeps , at the entrance of the northern side of the Wash ...
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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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