The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs
1st Edition
Published on 12. October 2020
256 pages
978-0-520-32733-7 (ISBN)
Description
Darwin's monograph is a groundbreaking and elegantly constructed study of coral reefs and atolls, based upon his observations during the voyage of the Beagle. Darwin carefully explains and illustrates his theory that subsidence of the ocean floor can account for the formation of these remarkable natural features.
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Content
- Intro
- Foreword
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter I. Atolls or lagoon-islands
- Chapter II. Barrier-reefs
- Chapter III. Fringing or shore reefs
- Chapter IV. On the distribution and growth of coral reefs
- Chapter V. Theory of the formation of the different classes of coral reefs
- Chapter VI. On the distribution of coral reefs with reference to the theory of their formation
- Appendix A. Detailed description of the reefs and islands in the coloured map, plate iii
- Index
