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020 _a9781107325098 (ebook)
020 _z9781108065627 (paperback)
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_b.D2 2013
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100 1 _aDarwin, Charles,
_d1809-1882,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe structure and distribution of coral reefs :
_bbeing 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 /
_cCharles Darwin.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 214 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge library collection. Life sciences
500 _aOriginally published: London : Smith, Elder and Co., 1842.
520 _aPublished 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.
650 0 _aCoral reefs and islands.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781108065627
830 0 _aCambridge library collection.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107325098
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