Coral island and circling coral reef creating a lagoon. From Charles Darwin The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, London, 1842. The realisati

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Coral island and circling coral reef creating a lagoon. From Charles Darwin The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, London, 1842. The realisation of the long time scale entailed in the creation of islands and reefs contributed to Darwin's theory of evolution.

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