Charles Darwin

The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of the Pacific
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780898752663
• ISBN-10: 0898752663
• Artikelnr.: 21078466

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.