The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Fossil reefs Trace elements in reef skeletons Figure 48 : Distribution of coral reefs and their relation to sea - surface temperature . Restric- tions on reef formation Darwin's theory of atolls atoll. thickets and coppices that develop ...
Fossil reefs Trace elements in reef skeletons Figure 48 : Distribution of coral reefs and their relation to sea - surface temperature . Restric- tions on reef formation Darwin's theory of atolls atoll. thickets and coppices that develop ...
Page 186
... reef platform ; others are hurricane or storm jetsam . Coral reefs are best developed where the mean annual surface - water temperatures are approximately 23 ° to 25 ° C. No significant reefs occur where such temperatures fall below ...
... reef platform ; others are hurricane or storm jetsam . Coral reefs are best developed where the mean annual surface - water temperatures are approximately 23 ° to 25 ° C. No significant reefs occur where such temperatures fall below ...
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... reefs , particularly on continental shelves . Mid - ocean stages of coral reef development are explained by plate tectonic theory ( see above Ocean basins ) , according to which the ocean floor subsides as it spreads outward from ...
... reefs , particularly on continental shelves . Mid - ocean stages of coral reef development are explained by plate tectonic theory ( see above Ocean basins ) , according to which the ocean floor subsides as it spreads outward from ...
Contents
NUMBER GAMES and Other Mathematical Recreations | 1 |
NUMBER THEORY | 14 |
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS | 38 |
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