 Those lands whose volcanoes still burn, are yet without corals, or there are only limited patches on some favored spots. Zoophytes and volcanoes are the land-making agents of the Pacific. The latter prepare the way by pouring forth the liquid rock, and...  Outlines of elementary physiography - Page 38by George Thom (principal of Dollar inst.) - 1881Full view - About this book
 | Science - 1852 - 504 pages
...whose volcanoes still burn, are yet without corals, or there are only limited patches on some favored spots. Zoophytes and volcanoes are the land-making...the sea, while verdure covers the exposed heights. We may add a few more illustrations from other parts of the coral-reef seas. Along the north and northwest... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - Coral reefs and islands - 1853 - 152 pages
...whose volcanoes still burn, are yet without corals, or there are only limited patches on some favored spots. Zoophytes and volcanoes are the land-making...the liquid rock, and building up the lofty summit. Ctuiet succeeds, and then commences the work of the zoophyte beneath the sea, while verdure covers... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - Coral reefs and islands - 1872 - 430 pages
...whose volcanoes still burn, are yet without corals, or there are only limited patches on some favored spots. Zoophytes and volcanoes are the land-making...the sea, while verdure covers the exposed heights. "We may add a few more illustrations from other parts of the coral-reef seas. Along the north and northwest... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears - 1874 - 434 pages
...whose volcanoes still burn are yet without corals, or there are only limited patches on some favored spots. Zoophytes and volcanoes are the land-making...pouring forth the liquid rock, and building up the lofiy summit. Quiet succeeds, and then commences the work of the zoophyte beneath the sea." It is curious... | |
 | Robert Steel - Forced labor - 1880 - 536 pages
...the fires had become nearly or quite extinct. The same distinguished scientific writer remarks that ' zoophytes and volcanoes are the land-making agents...the sea, while verdure covers the exposed heights.' On the island of Tanna there are seen masses of vitrified rock, where the marks of the waves, in which... | |
 | James D. Dana - 1899 - 474 pages
...whose volcanoes still burn, are yet without corals, or there are only limited patches on some favored spots. Zoophytes and volcanoes are the land-making...the sea, while verdure covers the exposed heights. We may add a few more illustrations from other parts of the coral-reef seas. Along the north and northwest... | |
 | 1852 - 960 pages
...whose volcanoes still burn, are yet without corals, or there are only limited patches on some favored spots. Zoophytes and volcanoes are the land-making...prepare the way by pouring forth the liquid rock, arid building up the lofty summit. Quiet succeeds, and then commences the work of the zoophyte beneath... | |
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