
CORAL REEFS - By Charles Darwin
DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
THE STRUCTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL REEFS.
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I. ATOLLS OR LAGOON-ISLANDS. - SECTION 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.
Language
en
Duration
~8 hours (490K characters)
Release date
2001-06-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1809–1882
A curious naturalist whose voyage on the HMS Beagle helped change how the world understands life on Earth, he became one of the most influential scientific writers of the 19th century. His clear, patient way of building an argument still makes his work remarkably readable today.
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