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southern side of the Island of St. Thomas is fringed; most of the Virgin Gorda Islands, as I am informed by Mr. Schomburgk, are fringed; the shores of Anegada, as well as the bank on which it stands, are likewise fringed; these islands have been coloured red. The greater part of the southern side of Santa Cruz appears ... |
Danish survey to be fringed (see also Prof. Hovey's account of this island, in Silliman's Journal, vol xxxv. p. 74.); the reefs extend along shore for a considerable space, and project rather more than a mile; the depth within the reef is three fathoms; coloured red.—The Antilles, as remarked by Von Buch (Descrip. Iles... |
into two linear groups, the western row being volcanic, and the eastern of modern calcareous origin; my information is very defective on the whole group. Of the eastern islands, Barbuda and the western coasts of Antigua and Mariagalante appear to be fringed: this is also the case with Barbadoes, as I have been informed... |
coloured red. On the shores of the western Antilles, of volcanic origin, very few coral-reefs appear to exist. The island of Martinique, of which there are beautifully-executed French charts, on a very large scale, alone presents any appearance worthy of special notice. The south-western, southern, and eastern coasts, ... |
very irregular banks, projecting generally rather less than a mile from the shore, and lying from two to five fathoms submerged. In front of almost every valley, they are breached by narrow, crooked, steep-sided passages. The French engineers ascertained by boring, that these submerged banks consisted of madreporitic r... |
or sand. From this fact, and especially from the structure of the narrow breaches, I think there can be little doubt that these banks once formed living reefs, which fringed the shores of the island, and like other reefs probably reached the surface. From some of these submerged banks reefs of living coral rise abruptl... |
or in lines parallel to, but some way within, the outer edges of the banks on which they are based. Besides the above banks which skirt the shores of the island, there is on the eastern side a range of linear banks, similarly constituted, 20 miles in length, extending parallel to the coast-line, and separated from it b... |
between two and four miles in width, and from five to fifteen fathoms in depth. From this range of detached banks, some linear reefs of living coral likewise rise abruptly; and if they had been of greater length (for they do not front more than a sixth part of the circumference of the island,) they would necessarily fr... |
have been coloured as barrier-reefs; as the case stands, they are left uncoloured. I suspect that after a small amount of subsidence, the corals were killed by sand and mud being deposited on them, and the reefs being thus prevented from growing upwards, the banks of madreporitic rock were left in their present submerg... |
carefully described by Lieut. Nelson, in an excellent memoir in the Geol. Transactions (vol. v. part. i. p. 103.) In the form of the bank or reef, on one side of which the islands stand, there is a close general resemblance to an atoll; but in the following respects there is a considerable difference,—first, in the mar... |
not forming (as I have been informed by Mr. Chaffers, R.N.,) a flat, solid surface, laid bare at low water, and regularly bounding the internal space of shallow water or lagoon; secondly, in the border of gradually shoaling water, nearly a mile and a half in width, which surrounds the entire outside of the reef (as is ... |
Capt. Hurd's chart); and thirdly, in the size, height, and extraordinary form of the islands, which present little resemblance to the long, narrow, simple islets, seldom exceeding half a mile in breadth, which surmount the annular reefs of almost all the atolls in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Moreover, there are evid... |
to the existing ones, formerly extended over other parts of the reef. It would, I believe, be difficult to find a true atoll with land exceeding 30 feet in height; whereas, Mr. Nelson estimates the highest point of the Bermuda Islands to be 260 feet; if, however, Mr. Nelson's view, that the whole of the land consists o... |
by the winds, and agglutinated together, were proved correct, this difference would be immaterial; but, from his own account, (p. 118), there occur in one place, five or six layers of red earth, interstratified with the ordinary calcareous rock, and including stones too heavy for the wind to have moved, without having ... |
of the accompanying drifted matter. Mr. Nelson attributes the origin of these several layers, with their embedded stones, to as many violent catastrophes; but further investigation in such cases has generally succeeded in explaining phenomena of this kind by ordinary and simpler means. Finally, I may remark, that these... |
West Indies, and to Pemba on the eastern coast of Africa, which latter island is about 200 feet in height, and consists of coral-rock. I believe that the Bermuda Islands, from being fringed by living reefs, ought to have been coloured red; but I have left them uncoloured, on account of their general resemblance in exte... |
coral-reefs from certain coasts, 61 Acaba, gulf of, 196 Admiralty group, 168 Africa, east coast, fringing reef of, 56 Madreporitic, rock of, 136 Africa, east coast, 188 Age of individual corals, 71, 81 Alert reef, 166 Alexander Grand Duke, island, 157 on Holuthuriæ feeding on corals, 14 on quick growth of corals at Mad... |
58 America, west coast, 151 Anamouka, description of, 133 Andaman islands, 178 Appoo reef, 179 Arabia Felix, 191 great extent of, interspersed with low islands, 91 of subsidence and of elevation, 142 of subsidence appear to be elongated, 143 of subsidence alternating with areas of elevation, 145 Arru group, 172 Ascidia... |
in their reefs, 28, 107 dimensions of, 20 dimensions of groups of, 91 not based on craters, or on banks of sediment, or of rock, 89, 92, 93, 94, 146 of irregular forms, 20, 111 steepness of their flanks, 22 width of their reef and islets, 20 their lowness, 90 general range, 126 with part of their reef submerged, and |
theory of, 27, 106 their whole reef submerged, and theory of, 28, 106 Augustin, St. 162 Aurora island, an upraised atoll, 81, 91, 139 Austral islands, recently elevated, 132, 139 Austral islands, 154 Australia, N.W. coast, 174 Australian barrier-reef, 46, 125 Australian barrier, 166 Babuyan group, 180 Bahama banks, 198... |
through, 100 not based on worn-down margin of rock, 49 on banks of sediment, 49 on submarine craters, 50 steepness of their flanks, 42 their probable vertical thickness, 47, 99 theory of their formation, 99, 102 Bampton shoal, 166 Banks islds., 165 Banks in the West Indies, 197 Bashee islds., 180 Bass isld., 156 Beaupr... |
author to, 21 on submerged reefs, 27 account of Matilda island, 75 Belcher, Capt., on boring through coral-reefs, 73 Belize, reef off, 201 Bermuda islds., 204 Beveridge reef, 160 Bolabola, view of, 3 Bombay shoal, 182 Bonin bay, 177 Bonin group, 171 Borings through coral-reefs, 73 Borneo, W. coast, recently elevated, 1... |
N. coast, 179 western bank, 183 Brazil, fringing reefs on coast of, 57 Breaches through barrier-reefs, 100 Cargados Carajos, 184 Caroline isld., 156 Caroline arch., 168 Carteret shoal, 172 Caryophyllia, depths at which it lives, 84 Cayman isld., 202 Ceylon, recently elevated, 135 Chagos, Great bank, description and the... |
embedded in coral rock, 79 Chamisso on corals preferring the surf, 63 in the state of Keeling atoll, 15 of atolls, 96 leading into the lagoons of atolls, 28, 107 the Maldiva atolls, 32, 36 through barrier-reefs, 100 China sea, 181 Christmas atoll, 74, 130 Christmas atoll, 157 Christmas isld. (Indian ocean), 183 Clipper... |
5 Cocos (or Keeling), 183 Cocos isld. (Pacific), 151 Cochin-China, encroachments of the sea on the coast, 128 Cochin China, 183 Comoro group, 186 Composition of coral-formations, 116 coral-rock on Keeling atoll, 12 on other atolls, 25 coral rock, 116 Cook islds., recently elevated, 132, 139 Cook islds., 154 Coral-block... |
from certain areas, 60 destroyed by loose sediment, 65 at Keeling atoll, 12 organic remains of, 117 dead but upright in Keeling lagoon, 15 depths at which they live, 84 off Keeling atoll, 8 killed by a short exposure, 6 living in the lagoon of Keeling atoll, 13 quick growth of, in Keeling lagoon, 13 merely coating the ... |
the sea, 58 standing exposed in the Low arch., 129 Corallian sea, 125 Corallian sea, 166 alleged proofs of recent elevation of the Low arch., 128 on coral-rock at Mangaia and Aurora isl., 81 on external ledges round coral islands, 104 remarks confirmatory of the author's theory, 128 Crescent-formed reefs, 110 Cuming, M... |
135 Dangerous or Low arch., 152 Danger islds., 157 at which reef-building corals live, 80 at Mauritius, the Red Sea, and in the Maldiva arch., 83 at which other corals and corallines can live, 85 Dhalac group, 192 Diego Garcia, slow growth of reefs, 69 Dimensions of the larger groups of atolls, 91 Disseverment of the M... |
of, 37, 108 Distribution of coral-reefs, 60 Domingo, St., 202 Dory Port recently elevated, 134 Dory Port, 171 Duff islds., 165 at Keeling atoll, 18 in groups of atolls, 97 in Navigator arch., 133 East Indian arch. recently elevated, 134 on the banks of the Red Sea, 58, 191 on depth at which corals live in the Red Sea, ... |
on corals preferring the surf, 64 on the antiquity of certain corals, 71 Elevated reef of Mauritius, 54 proofs of, 131 immense areas of, 143 Elizabeth isld., 73 recently elevated, 132, 140 Elizabeth isld., 152 Ellice group, 162 their height, 45 their geological composition, 46, 50 Eoua, description of, 133 Erupted matt... |
rock, 118 Fais recently elevated, 134, 140 Farallon de Medinilla, 171 Farsan group, 192 Fidji arch., 161 feeding on corals, 14 killed in Keeling lagoon by heavy rain, 19 Fissures across coral islds., 97, 193 on a submerged shed at Keeling atoll, 17 on an inundation in the Low archipelago, 96 Florida, 199, 200 Forster, ... |
Frederic reef, 166 Friendly group recently elevated, 133, 140 Friendly arch., 160 absent where coast precipitous, 51 breached in front of streams, 66 described by MM. Quoy and Gaimard, 131 not closely attached to shelving coasts, 53 of east coast of Africa, 56 of Cuba, 55 of Mauritius, 51 on worn-down banks of rock, 58... |
their appearance when elevated, 54 their growth influenced by currents, 58 by shallowness of sea, 57 Galapagos arch., 151 Gambier islds. section of, 48 Gambier islds., 152 Gaspar rico, 163 Geological composition of coral-formations, 116 Gilbert arch., 162 Gloucester isld., 96 Glover reef, 202 Gran Cocal, 162 Great Chag... |
53 Grouping of the different classes of reefs, 124 Hall, Capt. B., on Loo Choo, 135 Harvey islds. recently elevated, 139 Harvey or Cook islds., 154 Height of encircled islds., 45 Holuthuriæ feeding on corals, 14 Honden isld., height of, 91 Honduras, reef off, 201 Houtman Abrolhos, 174 Huaheine, alleged proofs of its re... |
coral islds., 96 India, west coast, recently elevated, 135 Irregular reefs in shallow seas, 57 Islets of coral-rock, their formation, 11 Islets of coral-rock, their destruction in the Maldiva atolls, 37 Java recently elevated, 134 Johnston isld., 158 Juan de Nova, 186 Juan de Nova (Madagascar), 187 Kamtschatka, proofs ... |
south atoll, 183 north atoll, 183 Kemin, 156, 157 Laccadive group, 184 Ladrones or Marianas, recently elevated, 134 Ladrones arch., 170 Lagoon of Keeling atoll, 13 bordered by inclined ledges and walls, and theory of their formation, 30, 103 of small atolls filled up with sediment, 31 Lagoon-channels within barrier-ree... |
to the surface in others, 68 Lancaster reef, 156 Lauglan islds., 166 Ledges round certain lagoons, 30, 103 Lighthouse reef, 202 Lloyd, Mr., on corals refixing themselves, 78 Loo Choo, recently elevated, 135 Loo Choo, 181 Low archipelago, alleged proofs of its recent elevation, 128 Low. arch. 152 Lowness of coral-island... |
coral-islands, 97 Luzon recently elevated, 135 on channels into the lagoons of atolls, 29 on the lowness of their leeward sides, 109 on the antiquity of certain corals, 71 on the apparent continuity of distinct coral-islands, 118 on the recently elevated beds of the Red Sea, 137 on the outline of the areas of subsidenc... |
bank, 182 quick growth of corals at, 77 madreporitic rock of, 136 Madura (Java), 176 Madura (India), 183 Mahlos Mahdoo, theory of formation, 109 Malacca recently elevated, 134 on recent elevation of W. coast of India, 135 on recent elevation of Camaran isld., 136 Maldiva atolls, and theory of their formation, 32, 105, ... |
of coral at, 77 Maldiva arch., 183 Mangaia isld., 81 recently elevated, 132, 139 Marianas recently elevated, 134 Mariana arch., 170 Marquesas arch., 154 Marshall arch., 163 Marshall isld., 171 Mary's St. in Madagascar, harbour made in reefs, 65 Mary isld., 157 Matta or Aurora, 152 Matilda atoll, 75 fringing reefs of, 5... |
recently elevated, 136 Maurua, section of, 48 Menchicoff atoll, 20, 111 Mendana arch., 154 Mendana isles, 165 Mexico, gulf of, 199 Millepora complanata at Keeling atoll, 7 Molucca islands, recently elevated, 134 Moresby, Capt., on boring through coral-reefs, 73 Mosquito coast, 202 Musquillo atoll, 111 Namourrek group, ... |
coral-rocks, under water, 73 theory of coral-formations, 94 on the Bermuda islds., 204 New Britain, 168 steepness of its reef, 42 barrier-reef of, 49, 103, 110, 125 New Caledonia, 166 New Guinea (E. end), 168 New Guinea (W. end), 171 New Hanover, 167 New Hebrides recently elevated, 133 New Hebrides, 164 New Ireland rec... |
Nantucket, 157 Nicobar islds., 178 at Keeling atoll, 9 on the reefs of atolls, 24 on barrier reefs, 42 their wide distribution and abundance, 86 Objections to the theory of subsidence, 115 Ocean islds., 159, 163 Oscar group, 162 Oscillations of level, 138, 146 Oualan, or Ualan, 168 Ouluthy atoll, 75 Outong Java, 167. S... |
western bank, 183 Pelew islds., 170 Pemba isld., singular form of, 136 Pernambuco, bar of sandstone at, 54 Persian gulf, recently elevated, 137 Persian gulf, 191 Peyster group, 162 Phillippine arch., recently elevated, 135 Phillippine arch., 179 Pitt's bank, 113 Pitt isld., 163 Porites, chief coral on margin of Keeling... |
Rico, 203 Pulo Anna, 170 Pumice floated to coral islds., 117 Pyrard de Laval, astonishment at the atolls in the Indian ocean, 2 Quoy and Gaimard, depths at which corals live, 84 description of reefs applicable only to fringing-reefs, 131 Range of atolls, 126 banks of rock coated by reefs, 58 proofs of its recent elevat... |
138 Red Sea, 191 irregular in shallow seas, 57 rising to the surface in some lagoons and all submerged in others, 68 their distribution, 60 their absence from some coasts, 61 Ring-formed reefs of the Maldiva atolls, and theory of, 33, 105 Rose isld. 160 Rowley shoals, 175 Rüppell, Dr. on the recent deposits of Red Sea,... |
de, 184 Sahia de Malha, 184 St. Pierre, 185 Salomon arch. 167 Samoa, or Navigator arch., elevation of, 133 Samoa arch. 159 Sand-bars parallel to coasts, 53 Sandwich arch, recently elevated, 131 Sandwich arch. 158 Santa-Cruz group, 165 Savage isld. recently elevated, 73, 132, 139 Saya, or Sahia de Malha, 184 Scarborough... |
floated to coral islds. 117 Scott's reef, 175 of islands encircled by barrier-reefs, 48, 99 of Bolabola, 99 in Keeling-lagoon, 14 in other atolls, 26, 34 injurious to corals, 65 Sediment transported from coral-islands far seaward, 117 Ship-bottom quickly coated with coral, 78 Smyth isld. 158 Society arch. 124 stationar... |
arch. 152 Sooloo islds. recently elevated, 135 Sooloo islds. 179 Sponge, depths at which found, 86 Stones transported in roots of trees, 117 Storms, effects of on coral-islds. 96 on the growth of an Agaricia, 79 on upraised corals in Society arch. 138 of Keeling atoll, 17 extreme slowness of, 115, 145 areas of, apparen... |
142 great amount of, 145 Suez, gulf of, 196 Sulphur islds. 171 Sumatra, recently elevated, 135 Surf favourable to the growth of massive corals, 63 Swallow shoal, 182 Sydney isld. 157 Tahiti, alleged proofs of its recent elevation, 138 Temperature of the sea at the Galapagos arch. 61 Tenimber isld. 172 Theories on coral... |
objections to, 93, 114 Thickness, vertical, of barrier-reefs, 47, 99 Thomas, St. 203 Timor recently elevated, 134 Tokan Bessees, 176 Tongatabou, description of, 133 Traditions of change in coral-islds., 95 embedded in coral-rock, 79 left exposed in the Low arch. 129 Tubularia, quick growth of, 79 Turneffe reef, 202 sec... |
Vine reef, 166 Virgin Gorda, 203 Viti arch. 161 islands, with living corals on their shores, 61 matter, probably not associated with thick masses of coral-rock, 118 authorities for their position on the map, 120 their presence determined by the movements in progress, 140 absent or extinct in the areas of subsidence, 14... |
Lieut. account of a ship coated with corals, 78 banks of sediment, fringed by reefs, 58 recently elevated, 137 West Indies, 196 view of, 2. changes in its state, 96 Williams, Rev. J. on traditions of the natives regarding coral-islds. 95 Williams, Rev. J., on antiquity of certain corals, 81 Xulla islds. 173 York isld. ... |
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