By Charles Darwin Plates and drawings unavailable
EDITORIAL NOTE.
CORAL REEFS.
DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS CRITICAL INTRODUCTION.
INTRODUCTION. I. ATOLLS OR LAGOON-ISLANDS.
THE STRUCTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL REEFS.
CRITICAL INTRODUCTION.
CORAL-REEFS.
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I. ATOLLS OR LAGOON-ISLANDS. ASECTION 1.I. KEELING ATOLL.
CHAPTER II. BARRIER REEFS.
CHAPTER III. FRINGING OR SHORE-REEFS.
CHAPTER IV. ON THE DISTRIBUTION AND GROWTH OF CORAL-REEFS.
CHAPTER V. THEORY OF THE FORMATION OF THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF CORAL-REEFS.
CHAPTER VI. ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL-REEFS WITH REFERENCE
APPENDIX. CONTAINING A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE REEFS AND ISLANDS IN PLATE III.
