. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. AGASSIZ: FIJI ISLANDS AND CORAL REEFS. Ill The formation of the great barrier reef of the southern shores of Viti Levu is due to causes very similar to those which have given its present physiognomy to the northern coast of Cuba between Nuevitas and Matanzas. Along those parts of the island where denudation and erosion proceed rapidly owing to the soft character of the shore rocks, very extensive flats have been formed like those south of Ovalau. When the reef barrier flats have been eroded from a harder base, like vo
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. AGASSIZ: FIJI ISLANDS AND CORAL REEFS. Ill The formation of the great barrier reef of the southern shores of Viti Levu is due to causes very similar to those which have given its present physiognomy to the northern coast of Cuba between Nuevitas and Matanzas. Along those parts of the island where denudation and erosion proceed rapidly owing to the soft character of the shore rocks, very extensive flats have been formed like those south of Ovalau. When the reef barrier flats have been eroded from a harder base, like volcanic rocks, the flats are less prominent; they are somewhat more extensive where the old elevated coralliferous limestone formed the shore hills; or the reef flats may disappear altogether when the harder volcanic rocks have been only little affected by erosion or denudation. From the na- ture of the negro-heads scattered upon the reef flats it is generally a simple matter to ascertain the character of the base of the reef flats of an atoll or of a barrier Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum
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