The Sea-coast: 1. Destruction, 2. Littoral Drift, 3. ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1902 - 361 páginas |
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... sandy beach frequently consists of a series of ridges and furrows , the lower side of the ridges having a steep , and the upper a flat slope , the flat slope being the direction from which the water is flowing off the beach . The ...
... sandy beach frequently consists of a series of ridges and furrows , the lower side of the ridges having a steep , and the upper a flat slope , the flat slope being the direction from which the water is flowing off the beach . The ...
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... Sandy Hook on the one side of the entrance , and Coney Island on the other , have drifted in the same direction as the two currents of the flood tide . Sandy Hook is 6 miles long and three - quarters of a mile wide , the depth of water ...
... Sandy Hook on the one side of the entrance , and Coney Island on the other , have drifted in the same direction as the two currents of the flood tide . Sandy Hook is 6 miles long and three - quarters of a mile wide , the depth of water ...
Página 47
... sandy estuaries . " A further lesson to be learnt is that a single pier , having a 1 " The Geological History of Harbours , ” U.S. Geological Survey , by N. S. Shaler . Washington , 1894 . " The use of Suction Dredgers for the ...
... sandy estuaries . " A further lesson to be learnt is that a single pier , having a 1 " The Geological History of Harbours , ” U.S. Geological Survey , by N. S. Shaler . Washington , 1894 . " The use of Suction Dredgers for the ...
Página 48
... sandy , exposed shores are frequently bordered by mounds of sand blown off the beach by the winds , known as " dunes " or " denes , " in Cornwall as " towans , " on the south - west coast as " burrows , " and in Lancashire , Cheshire ...
... sandy , exposed shores are frequently bordered by mounds of sand blown off the beach by the winds , known as " dunes " or " denes , " in Cornwall as " towans , " on the south - west coast as " burrows , " and in Lancashire , Cheshire ...
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... sandy area is known as the Landes . The dunes , which consist of a series of hills and valleys , vary in width from 300 yards to nearly 5 miles , or an average width of 3 miles , and attain a height in some parts of over 300 feet . The ...
... sandy area is known as the Landes . The dunes , which consist of a series of hills and valleys , vary in width from 300 yards to nearly 5 miles , or an average width of 3 miles , and attain a height in some parts of over 300 feet . The ...
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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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