 | 1851 - 510 páginas
...determined the features and geographical distribution of reefs and islands. 1. Formation of Reefs. Very erroneous ideas prevail, respecting the appearance...coral, alive uniformly over its upper surface, and, by this living growth, gradually enlarging upward : and such preconceived views, when ascertained to... | |
 | 1852 - 422 páginas
...determined the features and geographical distribution of reefs and islands. 1. Formation of Reefs. Very erroneous ideas prevail respecting the appearance...coral, alive uniformly over its upper surface, and, by this living growth, gradually enlarging upward ; and such preconceived views, when ascertained to... | |
 | 1852 - 386 páginas
...determined the features and geographical distribution of reefs and islands. 1. Formation of Reefs. Very erroneous ideas prevail respecting the appearance...coral, alive uniformly over its upper surface, and, by this living growth, gradually enlarging upward ; and such preconceived views, when ascertained to... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1853 - 152 páginas
...determined the features and geographical distribution of reefs and islands. 1. Formation of Reefs. Very erroneous ideas prevail, respecting the appearance...coral, alive uniformly over its upper surface, and, by this living growth, gradually enlarging upward : and such preconceived views, when ascertained to... | |
 | 1872 - 818 páginas
...erroneous ideas respecting the appearance of coral-beds. The submerged reef is not, as often thought, an extended mass of coral, alive uniformly over its upper surface, and gradually enlarging upward through this living growth. " Coral plantation and coral field are far more... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1872 - 430 páginas
...ANDS, AND CAUSES OF THEIR FEATURES. I. FORMATION OF REEFS. I. ORIGIN OF CORAL SANDS AND THE REEF-ROCK. VERY erroneous ideas prevail respecting the appearance...be erroneous by observation, have sometimes led to skepticism with regard to the zoophytic origin of the reef-rock. Nothing is wider from the truth :... | |
 | Charles Marion Tyler - 1885 - 392 páginas
...beach, the massy foliage of the grove, and the embosomed lake with its tiny islets. =•: •-;= * Very erroneous ideas prevail respecting the appearance...coral, alive uniformly over its upper surface, and by this living growth gradually enlarging upward ; and such preconceived views when ascertained to... | |
 | Charles Marion Tyler - 1885 - 396 páginas
...coral, alive uniformly over its upper surface, and by this living growth gradually enlarging upward ; and such preconceived views when ascertained to be erroneous by observation, have sometimes led to skepticism with regard to the zoophyte origin of the reef rock. Nothing is wider from the truth, and... | |
 | Charles Marion Tyler - 1887 - 392 páginas
...white coral beach, the massy foliage of the grove, and the embosomed lake with its tiny islets. * * =;: Very erroneous ideas prevail respecting the appearance...coral, alive uniformly over its upper surface, and by this living growth gradually enlarging upward ; and such preconceived views when ascertained to... | |
 | Charles Marion Tyler - 1892 - 426 páginas
...white coral beach, the massy foliage of the grove, and the embosomed lake with its tiny islets. * * * . Very erroneous ideas prevail respecting the appearance...coral, alive uniformly over its upper surface, and by this living growth gradually enlarging upward ; and such preconceived views when ascertained to... | |
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Very erroneous ideas prevail, respecting the appearance of a bed or area of growing corals. The submerged reef is often thought of as an extended mass of coral, alive uniformly over its upper surface, and, by this living growth, gradually enlarging upward... 