The glacial-control theory of coral reefs

Author:

Daly, Reginald Aldworth

Title:

The glacial-control theory of coral reefs

Periodical:

Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, v.51

Year:

1915

Subject:

Geology Hawaii Island Glaciers

Summary:

A field study in 1909 impressed the writer with the narrowness of the coral reefs about the Hawaiian islands. In view of the proved rapidity of coral growth, this narrowness suggested that the reefs are geologically very young. The discovery that a considerable glacier had left its traces on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, about 3,600 meters above sea-level, directly indicated a possible connection between the youthfulness of the reefs and the former climate of the archipelago.

URL:

http://archive.org/details/proceedingsofame51amer

Collection:

Monographs