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Darwin & coral reefs
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The central idea of Darwin's theory of coral reef formation, as it was later formulated, was that the islands were formed by the upward growth of coral as the Pacific Ocean floor gradually subsided. It overturned previous ideas and would in itself…
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- … No other work of mine was begun in so deductive a spirit as this; for the whole theory was thought …
- … been incessantly attending to the effects on the shores of S. America of the intermittent elevation …
- … reef theory. Autobiography , pp. 98-9 No statement of Darwin's theory of coral reef …
- … that survive from the time Darwin spent on the west coast of South America. There are, however, …
- … could observe the Pacific islands. The central idea of his theory, as it was later formulated …
- … who had assisted Darwin in his observations on the elevation of the Chilean coast, makes clear that …
- … expectation that the Pacific islands would furnish evidence of general subsidence: ‘I wish …
- … on board the Beagle and not in the field. His spelling of ‘Pacific’ suggests that he was writing …
- … suggested by the context, which is concerned with subjects of primary interest to Darwin during his …
- … Those genera which live near the surface. (mixed with those of deep water) & what would more …
- … Coralls.– I should conceive in Pacific. wear & tear of Reefs must form strata of mixed. broken …
- … of submarine volcanoes, having the rims and bottoms of their craters overgrown by corals’ (2: 290). …
- … only in shallow water. The idea that atolls were volcano craters that had merely been encrusted …
Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … the event, the ‘little zoology’ turned out to be a study of barnacles that spanned eight years and …
- … the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes …
- … hours at the microscope did not preclude a prodigious amount of other scientific activity. There are …
- … gave to their views reveals a recognition on the part of British naturalists that science was fast …
- … dangerous travels through the mountains. Hooker writes of the complicated geology of the area, of …
- … controversy Hooker’s letters illuminate the role of the British government in scientific …
- … endeavours through his participation in the publication of an Admiralty Manual of scientific …
- … asked for Darwin’s view of his major new theory of ‘craters of denudation’, with which he hoped …
- … on Mauritius and other volcanic islands that some craters could not be explained by Lyell’s view. …
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