'Coast erosion in the north of the Isle of Man'
Date(s): 1996
Creator(s): Renshaw, John C.
Scope & Content: BA dissertation submitted to the University of Durham. Contains a general background of coast erosion in the British Isles, a general description of the Isle of Man, evidence of coast erosion in the Isle of Man, the rate of erosion, the geomorphology of the coast, the processes and causes of the coast erosion and possible ways of arresting the coast erosion; also accompanying diagrams The author concludes : 'If a lesson is to be learnt from the Isle of Man it is that the coast erosion should have been dealt with when it was first examined during the nineteenth century. Since then, the erosion, rather than decreasing as many people had hoped, has continued and even increased on the east coast, and during the last hundred years over 100 ha of land have been lost to the sea'. Photocopy.
Language: English
Extent: 1 volume
Physical description: photocopy
Item name: Dissertation
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: MS 09630
Record class: Private
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