. The Earth beneath the sea : History . Fig. 4. A. Underwater view of massive corals. Left, Montastrea annularis; center, Diploria strigosa{'i); right, D. labyrinthiformis. (Florida reef tract photographs by Eugene Shinn.) B. Specimen oi Halimeda sand from Florida reef tract. C. Fragments of rovmded molliiscan shells from north Miami Beach, east coast of Florida. D. A skeletal sediment that consists of the fragments of branched forms, Porites divaricata and Goniolithon strictum. Rodriguez Key, Florida. E. A skeletal beach sand from Nest Key, Florida Bay, that consists of thin-shelled mollusks

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. The Earth beneath the sea : History . Fig. 4. A. Underwater view of massive corals. Left, Montastrea annularis; center, Diploria strigosa{'i); right, D. labyrinthiformis. (Florida reef tract photographs by Eugene Shinn.) B. Specimen oi Halimeda sand from Florida reef tract. C. Fragments of rovmded molliiscan shells from north Miami Beach, east coast of Florida. D. A skeletal sediment that consists of the fragments of branched forms, Porites divaricata and Goniolithon strictum. Rodriguez Key, Florida. E. A skeletal beach sand from Nest Key, Florida Bay, that consists of thin-shelled mollusks and Foraminifera. 3. Skeletal Particles in Sediments The grouping of organisms on the basis of skeletal form, and what might be termed the architecture of skeletons, can help us to evaluate the nature of the environment of deposition of sedimentary particles and to understand their

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