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General Coastal Features

Groyne

 

Sea defences

 

Waterline

 

Defences and groyne

 

Breaking wave

 

Sea froth

 

Longshore drift protection

 

Algae on rocks

 

Granite bay

 

Cliff erosion

 

Cove

 

Granite headland

 

Granite bay

 

England: south coast chalk cliffs

 

England: south coast chalk cliffs

 

Cliff

 

Cliff edge

 

Cliff-top heather

 

Outcrop

 

Worm casts

 

Promenade

 

Railings

 

Deserted beach

 

Footpath

 

Railings

 

Heat haze

 

Rock island

 

Wall made from local rock

 

Rocks

 

Low tide

 

Rocky beach

 

Cliff

 

Rocky pool

 

Rocky shoreline

 

Strata

 

Sea weed

 

Salt spray

 

Sand

 

Sandy beach

 

Sandy cove

 

Slumping

Small arch

Stack

Stump

Wave-cut platform and boulder clay

Wave-cut platform

Wave-cut platorm

Arch

Biological weathering

Boulder clay

Cave

Cliff crack

DIY defences

DIY defences

Rock armour

Flamborough

Notch

Sand drawing

Flamborough Head

Panoramic view of Flamborough

 

Pebbly beach

 

Eastern most point at Flamborough

 

Erosion into bays

 

Sampling the pebbles

 

Erosion into bays

 

Sea stack

 

Scientific study of the beach

 

Chalk strata

 

Steps to the beach

 

Undercut erosion

 

Studying the beach

 

Eroded chalk strata

 

Beach anomaly

 

Eroded chalk strata

 

Eroded chalk strata

 

Chalk stack

 

Undercut erosion

 

High water mark

 

Eroded strata at shoreline

 

Eroded strata at shoreline

 

Eroded strata and tilted bedding

 

Soft chalk eroded into bays

 

Soft chalk eroded into bays

 

Typical chalk erosion

 

Tilted bedding planes

 

Horizontal strata

 

Horizontal strata

 

Softer chalk eroded into caves

 

Caves formed in soft chalk

 

Chalk archway

 

Caves formed in soft chalk

 

Chalk archway

 

Chalk stack

 

Horizontal bedding

 

Chalk stack

 

Horizontal strata at low tide

 

Caves formed in soft chalk

 

Caves formed in soft chalk

 

Caves formed in soft chalk

 

Caves formed in soft chalk

 

Caves formed in soft chalk

 

World War 2 magnetic mine

 

Anchor from ship wreck

 

Pebble beach

 

Water-worn pebbles

 

Hole worn by small stones

 

Beach sculpture

 

Exposed strata on the beach

 

Horizontal strata

 

Interface between chalk deposits and boulder clay

 

North bay

 

Bladderwrack and kelp on rocks

 

Boulder clay overlaying chalk

 

North bay

 

Rounded rock covered in sea weed

 

Flamborough old lighthouse

 

Flamborough new lighthouse

 

Eroded bays

 

Chalk stack from above

 

Explanation board

 

Chalk bays

 

Chalk bays

 

Exposed strata

 

Bays at low tide

 

Low tide

 

Chalk carved by water

 

Chalk carved by water

 

Chalk carved by water

 

Chalk carved by water

 

Chalk carved by water

 

South Bay

 

Flamborough lighthouse

Flamborough lighthouse

Flamborough lighthouse

Flamborough cliffs

Chalk cliffs

Chalk cliffs

 

Chalk cliffs

Chalk cliffs

Chalk cliffs

Chalk cliffs

Chalk cliffs

Chalk cliffs

 

Chalk cliffs

Chalk cliffs

Chalk cliffs resident

 

Hornsea

Groynes and drain outfall

 

Sea defences

 

Surveying the groynes

 

Stone sea defences

 

Groyne structure

 

Groyne structure

 

Groyne

 

Stone sea defences

 

Drain outlet

 

Groyne defence against longshore drift

 

Flotsam

 

Groyne defence against longshore drift

 

Boulder clay cliffs

 

Sand and silt transported by the sea

 

Longshore drift

 

Stones to defend the cliffs

 

Hornsea Beach at sunset

 

Hornsea Beach at sunset

 

Sculpture on the promenade

 

Humber Estuary

Typical vessel at Humber ports

 

Title

 

Introduction

 

Access to Grimsby and Immingham

 

Strategic location

 

Trade data

 

Cargo breakdown

 

Grimsby. Vehicle handling port

 

Development at Grimsby car port

 

Map showing development

 

Port of Immingham

 

Diversity of cargoes

 

Diversity of cargoes

 

Exxtor terminal

 

Vessel size restrictions

 

Deep water river berths

 

Humber International terminal (1)

 

Humber International terminal (2)

 

Humber International terminal (2)

 

Humber International terminal (2)

 

Immingham Outer Harbour dredging

 

Immingham Outer Harbour

 

Expansion compensation

 

Expansion compensation

 

Immingham Outer Harbour - Completed schemes

 

Robin Hood's Bay

Slipway at Robin Hood's Bay

 

Robin Hood's Bay

Sea defences

Sea wall

Sea wall

Sea wall armour, Robin Hood's Bay

Sea wall, Robin Hood's Bay

Staithes

Headland at Staithes

 

Staithes harbour

 

Coastal Erosion

Warning sign

 

End of the road

 

End of the road

 

House demolished for safety

 

Warning sign

 

End of the road

 

End of the road

 

End of the road

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Moving caravans to safety

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Aldbrough caravan site

 

Aldbrough caravan site

 

Aldbrough caravan site

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

End of the road

 

End of the road

 

Service pipe exposed by erosion

 

The owner had to demolish it for safety

 

The owner had to demolish it for safety

 

End of the road

 

End of the road

 

Aldbrough caravan is threatened

 

Aldbrough caravan is threatened

 

Aldbrough caravan is threatened

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion left an overhang at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Erosion at Aldbrough

 

Exposing the sedimentary layers at Aldbrough

 

Exposing the sedimentary layers at Aldbrough

 

The owner of this house had to demolish it for safety

The owner had to demolish it for safety

The owner had to demolish it for safety