. The coral reefs of the tropical Pacific. Albatross (Steamer); Coral reefs and islands. 376 "ALBATROSS" TROPICAL PACIFIC EXPEDITION. process identical with that forniing such atolls as Fulanga, Vanua Mbalavu, or Mbengha, in Fiji. The result would be a gigantic atoll, shaped somewhat like Wotje in the Marshall Islands; it would pass through a series of stages, each one of which is represented in some atoll at Fiji. A huge sink may first have formed in the northern extreiiiity of Guam ; the bays edging the coast may have been extended inland until they reached the sink. The sea would
. The coral reefs of the tropical Pacific. Albatross (Steamer); Coral reefs and islands. 376 "ALBATROSS" TROPICAL PACIFIC EXPEDITION. process identical with that forniing such atolls as Fulanga, Vanua Mbalavu, or Mbengha, in Fiji. The result would be a gigantic atoll, shaped somewhat like Wotje in the Marshall Islands; it would pass through a series of stages, each one of which is represented in some atoll at Fiji. A huge sink may first have formed in the northern extreiiiity of Guam ; the bays edging the coast may have been extended inland until they reached the sink. The sea would then rapidly open a sound or a series of sounds in the interior of Guam; these sounds might be separated by ridges or lines of islands, and while these changes were going on, the outer edge would graduall}' be re- duced to a low limestone belt enclosing the sounds or cut into a series of islands, with a huge volcanic nucleus at the southern extremity. Finally, a gigantic atoll would be made by these successive changes, but one in the formation of which subsidence played no r.:-.,;.,;X<^;,:vi Native Hut, Guam. Rota. Plates 199; 333; S33, fig. 5. To the northeast of Guam lies the island of Rota (PI. 232); it is about twelve miles in length, and has a greatest width of perhaps five miles; it rises to about 800 feet, and runs nearly east to west. I was not surprised. 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 Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910. Cambridge, Printed for the Museum
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