 It is seldom discolored beyond four or five inches, and but little of it to this extent; there is no proper vegetable mould, but only a mixture of darker particles with the white grains of coral sand. It is often rather a coral gravel, and below a foot...  Corals and coral islands - Page 179by James D. Dana - 1899Full view - About this book
 | Science - 1851 - 510 pages
...five inches, and but little of it to this depth ; there is no proper vegetable mould, but a simple mixture of darker particles with the white grains...cemented together into a more or less compact coral rock. One singular feature of the shore platform, occasionally observed, remains to be mentioned. Huge... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - Coral reefs and islands - 1853 - 152 pages
...five inches, and but little of it to this depth ; there is no proper vegetable mould, but a simple mixture of darker particles with the white grains...cemented together into a more or less compact coral rock. One singular feature of the shore platform, occasionally observed, remains to be mentioned. Huge... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - Coral reefs and islands - 1872 - 430 pages
...There is but little depth of coral soil, although the land may appear buried in the richest foliage. Tn fact, the soil is scarcely any thing but coral sand....masses of reefrock are sometimes found upon it, some of wh'.ch lie loose upon the reef, while others are firmly imbedded in it below, and so cemented to it... | |
 | Mordecai Cubitt Cooke - Animals - 1889 - 408 pages
...the richest foliage. In fact the soil is scarcely anything but coral sand. It is seldom discoloured beyond four or five inches, and but little of it to...usually cemented together into a more or less compact corals and rock." 1 The animals and plants found on these lagoon islands consist of but few species,... | |
 | Charles Hedley - 1896 - 82 pages
...the richest foliage. In fact, the soil is scarcely anything but coral sand. It is seldom discoloured beyond four or five inches, and but little of it to...together into a more or less compact coral sand-rock." The northernmost islet of the Funafuti atoll stands out of water higher by several feet than does any... | |
 | Australian Museum - Natural history - 1900 - 800 pages
...the richest folUge. In fact, the soil is scarcely anything but coral sand. It is seldom discoloured beyond four or five inches, and but little of it to...together into a more or less compact coral sand-rock." The northernmost islet of the Funafuti atoll stands out of water higher by several feet than does any... | |
 | Australian Museum, Charles Hedley - Botany - 1900 - 900 pages
...the richest foliage. In fact, the soil is scarcely anything but coral sand. It is seldom discoloured beyond four or five inches, and but little of it to...together into a more or less compact coral sand-rock." The northernmost islet of the Funafuti atoll stands out of water higher by several feet than does any... | |
 | Science - 1884 - 330 pages
...discolored beyond 4 or 5 inches, and but little of it to this extent. There is no proper vegetable mold, but only a mixture of darker particles with the white...together into a more or less compact coral sand-rock. " The shore of the lagoon is generally low and gently inclined, yet in the larger islands [as at Caroline... | |
 | National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) - Science - 1884 - 322 pages
...discolored beyond 4 or 5 inches, and but little of it to this extent. There is np proper vegetable mold, but only a mixture of darker particles with the white...a foot or two it is usually cemented together into annui' or less compact coral sand-rock. " The shore of the lagoon is generally low and gently inclined,... | |
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