Coral Reefs
the Evolution

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CRITICAL INTRODUCTION.
JOHN W. JUDD.
CORAL-REEFS.
INTRODUCTION.
(PLATE: UNTITLED WOODCUT, WHITSUNDAY ATOLL.)
(PLATE: UNTITLED WOODCUT, REEF AT BOLABOLA ISLAND.)
(DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
PLATE I.—MAP SHOWING THE RESEMBLANCE IN FORM BETWEEN BARRIER CORAL-REEFS SURROUNDING MOUNTAINOUS ISLANDS, AND ATOLLS OR LAGOON ISLANDS.)
CHAPTER I.—ATOLLS OR LAGOON-ISLANDS.
SECTION 1.I.—KEELING ATOLL.
(PLATE: UNTITLED WOODCUT, VERTICAL SECTION THROUGH KEELING ATOLL.)
SECTION 1.II.—GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ATOLLS.
(DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
PLATE II.—GREAT CHAGOS BANK, NEW CALEDONIA,MENCHIKOFF ATOLL, ETC.
SECTION 1.III.—ATOLLS OF THE MALDIVA ARCHIPELAGO—GREAT CHAGOS BANK.
CHAPTER II.—BARRIER REEFS.
(PLATE: UNNAMED, THREE VERTICAL SECTIONS (WOODCUT DIAGRAMS):
CHAPTER III.—FRINGING OR SHORE-REEFS.
CHAPTER IV.—ON THE DISTRIBUTION AND GROWTH OF CORAL-REEFS.
SECTION 4.I.—ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL-REEFS, AND ON THE CONDITIONS FAVOURABLE TO THEIR INCREASE.
SECTION 4.II.—ON THE RATE OF GROWTH OF CORAL-REEFS.
SECTION 4.III.—ON THE DEPTHS AT WHICH REEF-BUILDING POLYPIFERS CAN LIVE.
CHAPTER V.—THEORY OF THE FORMATION OF THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF CORAL-REEFS.
(PLATE: WOODCUT NO. 4.
PLATE: WOODCUT NO. 5.
STEP-FORMED LEDGES ROUND CERTAIN LAGOONS.
THE RING OR BASIN-FORMED REEFS OF THE NORTHERN MALDIVA ATOLLS.
SUBMERGED AND DEAD REEFS.
THE DISSEVERMENT OF THE LARGER MALDIVA ATOLLS.
IRREGULARLY FORMED ATOLLS.
THE GREAT CHAGOS BANK.
OBJECTIONS TO THE THEORY OF THE FORMATION OF ATOLLS AND BARRIER-REEFS.
CHAPTER VI.—ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL-REEFS WITH REFERENCE TO THE THEORY OF THEIR FORMATION.
(DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
PLATE III.—MAP SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL-REEFS AND ACTIVE VOLCANOES.
ON THE GROUPING OF THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF REEFS.
ON THE DIRECT EVIDENCE OF THE BLUE SPACES IN THE MAP HAVING SUBSIDED DURING THE UPWARD GROWTH OF THE REEFS SO COLOURED, AND OF THE RED SPACES HAVING REMAINED STATIONARY, OR HAVING BEEN UPRAISED.
ON THE ABSENCE OF ACTIVE VOLCANOES IN THE AREAS OF SUBSIDENCE, AND ON THEIR FREQUENT PRESENCE IN THE AREAS OF ELEVATION.
ON THE RELATIONS OF THE AREAS OF SUBSIDENCE AND ELEVATION.
RECAPITULATION.
APPENDIX.
CONTAINING A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE REEFS AND ISLANDS IN PLATE III.
THE LOW ARCHIPELAGO.
MENDANA OR MARQUESAS GROUP.
COOK OR HARVEY AND AUSTRAL ISLAND.
ISLANDS BETWEEN THE LOW AND GILBERT ARCHIPELAGOES.
ISLANDS SOUTH OF THE SANDWICH ARCHIPELAGO.
SANDWICH ARCHIPELAGO.
SAMOA OR NAVIGATOR GROUP.
FRIENDLY ARCHIPELAGO.
ELLICE GROUP.
GILBERT GROUP.
MARSHALL GROUP.
NEW HEBRIDES.
SANTA CRUZ GROUP.
NEW CALEDONIA.
AUSTRALIAN BARRIER-REEF.
LOUISIADE.
SOLOMON ARCHIPELAGO.
NEW IRELAND.
NEW BRITAIN AND THE NORTHERN SHORE OF NEW GUINEA.
ADMIRALTY GROUP.
WESTERN PART OF THE CAROLINE ARCHIPELAGO.
PELEW ISLANDS.
BONIN OR ARZOBISPO GROUP.
WEST END OF NEW GUINEA.
CERAM.
ISLANDS NEAR TIMOR.
N.W. COAST OF AUSTRALIA.
JAVA.
MACASSAR STRAIT.
SUMATRA.
NICOBAR ISLANDS.
ANDAMAN ISLANDS.
PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO.
BABUYAN ISLANDS.
INDIAN OCEAN.
CHAGOS, MALDIVA, AND LACCADIVE ARCHIPELAGOES.
SEYCHELLES.
COMORO GROUP.
MADAGASCAR.
EAST COAST OF AFRICA.
PERSIAN GULF.
RED SEA.
THE WEST COAST OF THE RED SEA BETWEEN LATITUDE 19 DEG AND 22 DEG.
THE WEST COAST FROM LATITUDE 22 DEG TO 24 DEG.
EASTERN COAST.
WEST INDIES.
YUCUTAN.

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