The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs: Being the First Part of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle, under the Command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the Years 1832 to 1836

Charles Darwin

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The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs

Being the First Part of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle, under the Command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the Years 1832 to 1836

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Charles Darwin

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: December 2014
Print publication year:: 2013
Online ISBN:: 9781107325098
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107325098

Subjects:: Earth and Environmental Sciences, History of Science, Oceanography and Marine Science, Earth and Environmental Science: General Interest, General Science
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science

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Published in 1842, this important monograph by Charles Darwin (1809–82) formed the first part of a trilogy of geological studies based on observations made during the celebrated second voyage of the Beagle. Influenced by Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology, Darwin drew in particular on data from the survey of the Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean to support his theory that subsidence of the ocean floor can account for the formation of coral atolls. He first presented his findings in a paper for the Geological Society of London in 1837, but a heavy workload and illness delayed the appearance of this elegantly argued and illustrated study. For this and his work on barnacles, Darwin would receive the Royal Society's royal medal in 1853. The other studies in the trilogy, Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands (1844) and Geological Observations on South America (1846), are also reissued in this series.

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The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs

Being the First Part of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle, under the Command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the Years 1832 to 1836

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Preface
pp v-vi

DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES
pp vii-x

Contents
pp xi-xii

INTRODUCTION
pp 1-4

CHAPTER I - ATOLLS OR LAGOON-ISLANDS
pp 5-40

CHAPTER II - BARRIER-REEFS
pp 41-50

CHAPTER III - FRINGING OR SHORE REEFS
pp 51-59

CHAPTER IV - ON THE DISTRIBUTION AND GROWTH OF CORAL REEFS
pp 60-87

CHAPTER V - THEORY OF THE FORMATION OF THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF CORAL-REEFS
pp 88-118

CHAPTER VI - ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL-REEFS WITH REFERENCE TO THE THEORY OF THEIR FORMATION
pp 119-148

APPENDIX - Containing a detailed description of the reefs and islands in the coloured map, Plate III
pp 149-205

ERRATA
pp 206-206

GENERAL INDEX
pp 207-214

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