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Herma- typic corals and cold- water forms Figure 1 : Distribution of coral reefs and their relation to controlling sea - surface temperature . Stro- matolites and Archaeo- cyathids as reef ... Coral Islands , Coral Reefs , and Atolls.
Herma- typic corals and cold- water forms Figure 1 : Distribution of coral reefs and their relation to controlling sea - surface temperature . Stro- matolites and Archaeo- cyathids as reef ... Coral Islands , Coral Reefs , and Atolls.
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... coral limestone . Rudistid bivalves are very large ; one valve is horn - shaped and the other fits into it like a lid ; in the Cretaceous Period ( 65,000,000 to 136 , - 000,000 years ago ) ... Coral Islands , Coral Reefs , and Atolls.
... coral limestone . Rudistid bivalves are very large ; one valve is horn - shaped and the other fits into it like a lid ; in the Cretaceous Period ( 65,000,000 to 136 , - 000,000 years ago ) ... Coral Islands , Coral Reefs , and Atolls.
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... coral and which would otherwise be excreted by the cor- als . They greatly aid in the formation of the coral skele- ton by increasing the speed with which the CO2 produced in coral metabolism is removed and the speed with which the ...
... coral and which would otherwise be excreted by the cor- als . They greatly aid in the formation of the coral skele- ton by increasing the speed with which the CO2 produced in coral metabolism is removed and the speed with which the ...
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