Carbonic-acid springs are by no means a universal -attendant on volcanic action. The Pacific affords no one fact in support of such an opinion. There are none on Hawaii, where are the most active fires in Polynesia ; and the many explorations of the Society... Corals and Coral Islands - Page 100by James Dwight Dana - 1890 - 440 pagesFull view - About this book
| Science - 1851 - 510 pages
...Islands have brought none to light. Some of the largest reefs of the Pacific, those of New Holland and New Caledonia, occur where there is no evidence...engaged in contributing to their nutriment. Fish, molluscs, and zoophytes are thus provided with earthy ingredients for their calcareous secretions,... | |
| Science - 1852 - 386 pages
...Islands have brought none to light, Some of the largest reefs of the Pacific, those of New Holland and New Caledonia, occur where there is no evidence...engaged in contributing to their nutriment. Fish, molluscs, and zoophytes are thus provided with earthy ingredients for their calcareous secretions,... | |
| Science - 1852 - 422 pages
...those of New Holland and New Caledonia, occur where there ia no evidence of former volcanic action. t The currents of the Pacific are constantly bearing...engaged in contributing to their nutriment. Fish, molluscs, and zoophytes are thus provided with earthy ingredients for their calcareous secretions,... | |
| James Dwight Dana - Coral reefs and islands - 1853 - 152 pages
...Islands have brought none to light. Some of the largest reefs of the Pacific, those of New Holland and New Caledonia, occur where there is no evidence...is thus engaged in contributing to their nutriment. Pish, molluscs, and zoophytes are thus provided with earthy ingredients for their calcareous secretions,... | |
| H. Stonehewer Cooper - Natural history - 1880 - 386 pages
...currents of the Pacific are constantly bringing new supplies of sea-water (on which the tiny insects live) over the growing coral beds, and the whole ocean is thus engaged in contributing to their nutriment. The coral-reefs around the islands are guardians of the low lands against the incursions of the sea.... | |
| H. Stonehewer Cooper - Fiji - 1882 - 490 pages
...currents of the Pacific are constantly bringing new supplies of sea-water (on which the tiny insects live) over the growing coral beds, and the whole ocean is thus engaged in contributing to their nutriment. The coral-reefs around the islands are guardians of the low lands against the incursions of the sea.... | |
| James D. Dana - 1899 - 474 pages
...magnesium, 3 '66 chloride of potassium, 1'18 bromide of sodium, 4*62 sulphate of lime or gypsum, and 5*597 sulphate of magnesia, = 100. This corresponds to about...ingredients for their calcareous secretions, if their food fails of giving the necessary amount ; and, by means of the powers of animal life, bones, shells, and... | |
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