The Sea-coast: 1. Destruction, 2. Littoral Drift, 3. ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1902 - 361 páginas |
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... tidal coasts having the same characteristics . Before determining the design of works for coast - protection , it is essential that due consideration should be given to the laws that govern the action of waves breaking on the shore ...
... tidal coasts having the same characteristics . Before determining the design of works for coast - protection , it is essential that due consideration should be given to the laws that govern the action of waves breaking on the shore ...
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... tidal waves , wind waves , ground swells , breaking waves . 1. Tidal Waves . In the great majority of cases the waves which affect beaches , cliffs , and sea - walls are those which occur when the rise of the tide affords the necessary ...
... tidal waves , wind waves , ground swells , breaking waves . 1. Tidal Waves . In the great majority of cases the waves which affect beaches , cliffs , and sea - walls are those which occur when the rise of the tide affords the necessary ...
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... 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 is flowing from it . The tidal ...
... 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 is flowing from it . The tidal ...
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... tide is from 7 or 8 feet up the wall , the undulations only rise and fall against the face , and are reflected without delivering any perceptible stroke . When , owing to the state of the tide , the water becomes more shallow , the ...
... tide is from 7 or 8 feet up the wall , the undulations only rise and fall against the face , and are reflected without delivering any perceptible stroke . When , owing to the state of the tide , the water becomes more shallow , the ...
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... tide , the beach generally being uncovered at low water . Waves of the magnitude of those where breakwaters are ... tides , vary considerably in their dimensions according to circumstances . Approximately , it may be taken that breaking ...
... tide , the beach generally being uncovered at low water . Waves of the magnitude of those where breakwaters are ... tides , vary considerably in their dimensions according to circumstances . Approximately , it may be taken that breaking ...
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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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