The Sea-coast: 1. Destruction, 2. Littoral Drift, 3. ProtectionLongmans, Green, 1902 - 361 páginas |
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... supply the waste which is always going on from the perpetual action of the waves . Source of Supply . - The present shape of the cliffs and their 1 Further particulars as to the movements of beach material will be found in a paper by Dr ...
... supply the waste which is always going on from the perpetual action of the waves . Source of Supply . - The present shape of the cliffs and their 1 Further particulars as to the movements of beach material will be found in a paper by Dr ...
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... supply of shingle . There is every indication that at one time the space that is now occupied by the English Channel , about 30 miles in width , was solid land , and that a deep depression has at some time been produced by the scouring ...
... supply of shingle . There is every indication that at one time the space that is now occupied by the English Channel , about 30 miles in width , was solid land , and that a deep depression has at some time been produced by the scouring ...
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... supply of gravel , the waste of which does no more at the present time than supply the wear and tear of the wave - action on the exterior surface of the bank . From Selsea Bill to Brighton is a long stretch of nearly straight coast ...
... supply of gravel , the waste of which does no more at the present time than supply the wear and tear of the wave - action on the exterior surface of the bank . From Selsea Bill to Brighton is a long stretch of nearly straight coast ...
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... supply is derived almost entirely from the waste of the cliffs , and the falling on to the beach of gravel originally deposited on their surface at the breaking up of the glacial period . That beach material is derived very largely ...
... supply is derived almost entirely from the waste of the cliffs , and the falling on to the beach of gravel originally deposited on their surface at the breaking up of the glacial period . That beach material is derived very largely ...
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... the action of on - shore winds . In the case of sand - dunes the material is drifted by the wind from the sea - shore , but the supply was originally derived from the débris of the land . The currents 28 THE SEA - COAST .
... the action of on - shore winds . In the case of sand - dunes the material is drifted by the wind from the sea - shore , but the supply was originally derived from the débris of the land . The currents 28 THE SEA - COAST .
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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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