. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. THE FLORIDA REEFS. 65 islands as Barbados (Fig. 39), where the terraces formed by the raised coral reefs mark the successive elevation of the vol- canic cone; or we may have still another combination, like that of Guadeloupe, where a high volcanic peak forms the main island, and an elevated plateau forms the Grande Terre with a growing coral reef to the windward. The fact that these great submarine banks of modern lime- stone lie in the very track of the great oceanic currents suffi- ciently shows that these
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. THE FLORIDA REEFS. 65 islands as Barbados (Fig. 39), where the terraces formed by the raised coral reefs mark the successive elevation of the vol- canic cone; or we may have still another combination, like that of Guadeloupe, where a high volcanic peak forms the main island, and an elevated plateau forms the Grande Terre with a growing coral reef to the windward. The fact that these great submarine banks of modern lime- stone lie in the very track of the great oceanic currents suffi- ciently shows that these currents hold the immense quantity of carbonate of lime needed in the growth of the bank. Its amount has, besides, been actually measured by Murray. He. 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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