The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs de Francis Darwin

The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs

Francis Darwin

Charles Darwin

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 feb 2001

Published in 1842, this important monograph by Charles Darwin (1809–82) formed the first part of a trilogy of geological studies based on observations made during the celebrated second voyage of the Beagle. Influenced by Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology, Darwin drew in particular on data from the survey of the Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean to support his theory that subsidence of the ocean floor can account for the formation of coral atolls. He first presented his findings in a paper for the Geological Society of London in 1837, but a heavy workload and illness delayed the appearance of this elegantly argued and illustrated study. For this and his work on barnacles, Darwin would receive the Royal Society's royal medal in 1853. The other studies in the trilogy, Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands (1844) and Geological Observations on South America (1846), are also reissued in this series.

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Paperback (2)

262^.37 lei 6-8 săpt.

University Press of the Pacific – 28 feb 2001

262^.37 lei 6-8 săpt.

Cambridge University Press – 18 sep 2013

324^.05 lei 6-8 săpt.

Hardback (1)

142^.29 lei 6-8 săpt.

Benediction Classics – 24 iun 2010

142^.29 lei 6-8 săpt.

Notă biografică

Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) was born in Shropshire, England. His first text chronicling his five-year voyage on the HMS Beagle, which included his notable visit to the Galapagos Islands, earned him success as an author in 1839. His observations from the Galapagos, alongside an interest in natural history from an early age and studies over the consequent years, informed the development of his biological theories, culminating the ground-breaking text 'On the Origin of Species' for which he is best known.

Cuprins

Preface; Description of the plates; 1. Atolls or lagoon-islands; 2. Barrier-reefs; 3. Fringing or shore reefs; 4. On the distribution and growth of coral reefs; 5. Theory of the formation of the different classes of coral-reefs; 6. On the distribution of coral-reefs with reference to the theory of their formation; Appendix; General index.