. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF THE CANAL ZONE. 307 regarding submergence and devoted particular attention to the effects of wind-induced currents in shaping atolls. They also say: It may be allowed, though Darwin deprecated the idea, that the continental shelf was ready prepared with numerous banks representing eroded islands, just reaching to within the required distance of the surface, when the first coral builders On a subsequent page they add: Whatever the history of the Great Barrier Reef was, the reefs of the Coral Sea, such as Lih
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF THE CANAL ZONE. 307 regarding submergence and devoted particular attention to the effects of wind-induced currents in shaping atolls. They also say: It may be allowed, though Darwin deprecated the idea, that the continental shelf was ready prepared with numerous banks representing eroded islands, just reaching to within the required distance of the surface, when the first coral builders On a subsequent page they add: Whatever the history of the Great Barrier Reef was, the reefs of the Coral Sea, such as Lihou Reefs, Flinders Reefs, and Herald Cays, shared in I have stated in one of my papers :3 An inspection of the admiralty charts for the eastern coast of Australia shows con- clusively that the platform on which the Great Barrier Reef of Australia stands has. 300 â 56/2 m//es ⢠Fig. 20.âProfiles across continental shelf, east side of Australia. The latitude at the inter- section OF each profile with the shore line is followed by a statement of the direction of the profile from the shore. South of the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef: 1. From shore east of Leading Hill, S. Lat. 25° 26' 15", South 82° East. 2. From base of Sandy Cape, S. Lat. 24°, 53' 40", North 68° East. 3. From Toowong Hill, S. Lat. 24° 22' 4", North 45° East, passing between Lady Elliot and Lady Musgrove Islands. Across the Great Barrier Reef: 4. From Rodd Peninsula, S. Lat. 24° 0' 0", North 50° East. 5. From Georges Point, Hinchinbrook Island, S. Lat. 18° 25' 40", North 72° 30' East. an existence independent of the Great Barrier Reef, and that corals have established themselves on this platform where the conditions favorable for their life are realized. Daly has given cross-sections of the Australian shelf both south of and across the Great Barrier Reef in two of his papers,4 and I have presented a series of cross-sections in one of mine,5
Size: 2386px × 1047px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorun, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectscience
