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Page 162
... Coral Islands , Coral Reefs , and Atolls The words coral reef have for centuries evoked a conflicting response in the minds of sailors , “ coral " conjuring visions of colour and beauty and “ reef ” arousing feelings of apprehension ...
... Coral Islands , Coral Reefs , and Atolls The words coral reef have for centuries evoked a conflicting response in the minds of sailors , “ coral " conjuring visions of colour and beauty and “ reef ” arousing feelings of apprehension ...
Page 164
... coral limestone . Rudistid bivalves are very in the aragonite skeleton of the hydrozoan coral Millelarge ; one valve is horn - shaped and the other fits into it pora from a reef flat on the Coral Sea Plateau off Queenslike a lid ; in ...
... coral limestone . Rudistid bivalves are very in the aragonite skeleton of the hydrozoan coral Millelarge ; one valve is horn - shaped and the other fits into it pora from a reef flat on the Coral Sea Plateau off Queenslike a lid ; in ...
Page 165
... coral fauna as a whole seems to be a weakening relic of that of the mid - Tertiary Tethyan seas . Many characteristic reef - coral associates are either absent or greatly reduced in variety in ... Coral Islands , Coral Reefs , and Atolls 165.
... coral fauna as a whole seems to be a weakening relic of that of the mid - Tertiary Tethyan seas . Many characteristic reef - coral associates are either absent or greatly reduced in variety in ... Coral Islands , Coral Reefs , and Atolls 165.
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