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Coral Reefs; Volcanic Islands; South American Geology — Complete
Charles Darwin
Three geological studies bound into one volume, all drawn from Beagle years at sea. Darwin works from Keeling Atoll and the Maldives through volcanic islands to the uplifted plains of South America, reading each landscape for evidence of a restless, rising and sinking crust. Coral, lava, and fossil beds tell a single story. A cornerstone of earth science, complete.
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59 chapters
- 1Coral Reefs, Volcanic Islands, South American Geology
- 2CONTENTS
- 3THE STRUCTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL REEFS.
- 4CORAL-REEFS
- 5INTRODUCTION
- 6Chapter I ATOLLS OR LAGOON-ISLANDS
- 7Section I—KEELING ATOLL
- 8Section II—GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ATOLLS.
- 9Section III—ATOLLS OF THE MALDIVA ARCHIPELAGO—GREAT CHAGOS BANK
- 10Chapter II BARRIER REEFS
- 11Chapter III FRINGING OR SHORE-REEFS
- 12Chapter IV ON THE DISTRIBUTION AND GROWTH OF CORAL-REEFS
- 13Section I—ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL-REEFS, AND ON THE CONDITIONS FAVOURABLE TO THEIR INCREASE
- 14Section II—ON THE RATE OF GROWTH OF CORAL-REEFS
- 15Section III—ON THE DEPTHS AT WHICH REEF-BUILDING POLYPIFERS CAN LIVE
- 16Chapter V THEORY OF THE FORMATION OF THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF CORAL-REEFS
- 17Chapter VI ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL-REEFS WITH REFERENCE TO THE THEORY OF THEIR FORMATION
- 18APPENDIX. CONTAINING A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE REEFS AND ISLANDS IN PLATE III.
+ 41 more. The full contents open with the book.
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