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Coral Reefs; Volcanic Islands; South American Geology — Complete
Charles Darwin · Public domain text
280,716 words · about 19 h 39 min to read
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About this book
- Author
- Charles Darwin (1809–1882)
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Beagle Expedition (1831-1836), Coral reefs and islands, Volcanoes, Islands, Geology › South America
- Length
- 280,716 words · about 19 h 39 min
- Sections
- 45 reader sections · Table of contents
- Source
- Project Gutenberg #4022
Contents (45)
- Opening about 1 min
- I. ATOLLS OR LAGOON-ISLANDS about 1 min
- II. BARRIER REEFS under 1 min
- III. FRINGING OR SHORE-REEFS under 1 min
- IV. ON THE DISTRIBUTION AND GROWTH OF CORAL-REEFS under 1 min
- V. THEORY OF THE FORMATION OF THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF CORAL-REEFS under 1 min
- VI. ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL-REEFS WITH REFERENCE TO THE THEORY OF THEIR FORMATION under 1 min
- Appendix under 1 min
- I. ST. JAGO, IN THE CAPE DE VERDE ARCHIPELAGO under 1 min
- II. FERNANDO NORONHA; TERCEIRA; TAHITI, ETC under 1 min
- III. ASCENSION under 1 min
- IV. ST. HELENA under 1 min
- V. GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO under 1 min
- VI. TRACHYTE AND BASALT.—DISTRIBUTION OF VOLCANIC ISLES under 1 min
- VII. AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; CAPE OF GOOD HOPE under 1 min
- I. ON THE ELEVATION OF THE EASTERN COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA under 1 min
- II. ON THE ELEVATION OF THE WESTERN COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA under 1 min
- III. ON THE PLAINS AND VALLEYS OF CHILE:—SALIFEROUS SUPERFICIAL DEPOSITS under 1 min
- IV. ON THE FORMATIONS OF THE PAMPAS about 1 min
- V. ON THE OLDER TERTIARY FORMATIONS OF PATAGONIA AND CHILE under 1 min
- VI. PLUTONIC AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS:—CLEAVAGE AND FOLIATION under 1 min
- VII. CENTRAL CHILE:—STRUCTURE OF THE CORDILLERA under 1 min
- VIII. NORTHERN CHILE.—CONCLUSION about 14 min
- Introduction about 7 min
- I. ATOLLS OR LAGOON-ISLANDS about 57 min
- II. BARRIER REEFS about 14 min
- III. FRINGING OR SHORE-REEFS about 13 min
- IV. ON THE DISTRIBUTION AND GROWTH OF CORAL-REEFS about 43 min
- V. THEORY OF THE FORMATION OF THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF CORAL-REEFS about 48 min
- VI. ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL-REEFS WITH REFERENCE TO THE THEORY OF THEIR FORMATION about 2 h 50 min
- I. ST. JAGO, IN THE CAPE DE VERDE ARCHIPELAGO about 31 min
- II. FERNANDO NORONHA; TERCEIRA; TAHITI, ETC about 16 min
- III. ASCENSION about 55 min
- IV. ST. HELENA about 36 min
- V. GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO about 28 min
- VI. TRACHYTE AND BASALT.—DISTRIBUTION OF VOLCANIC ISLES about 19 min
- VII. AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; CAPE OF GOOD HOPE about 46 min
- I. ON THE ELEVATION OF THE EASTERN COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA about 57 min
- II. ON THE ELEVATION OF THE WESTERN COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA about 1 h 8 min
- III. ON THE PLAINS AND VALLEYS OF CHILE:—SALIFEROUS SUPERFICIAL DEPOSITS about 40 min
- IV. ON THE FORMATIONS OF THE PAMPAS about 1 h 10 min
- V. ON THE OLDER TERTIARY FORMATIONS OF PATAGONIA AND CHILE about 1 h 5 min
- VI. PLUTONIC AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS:—CLEAVAGE AND FOLIATION about 1 h 2 min
- VII. CENTRAL CHILE:—STRUCTURE OF THE CORDILLERA about 1 h 23 min
- VIII. NORTHERN CHILE.—CONCLUSION about 2 h 10 min
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