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| Title | History of coral reefs and sea level |
| Creator/Author | Fairbridge, R.W. |
| Publication Date | 1985 Jan 01 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 6875833 |
| Report Number(s) | CONF-8510489- |
| Other Number(s) | CODEN: GAAPB |
| Resource Type | Conference |
| Specific Type | Journal Article |
| Resource Relation | Geol. Soc. Am., Abstr. Programs ; Vol/Issue: 17; 98. annual meeting of the Geological Society of America; 28 Oct 1985; Orlando, FL, USA |
| Research Org | Columbia Univ., New York, NY (USA) |
| Subject | 580201 -- Geophysics-- Seismology & Tectonics-- (1980-1989); REEFS-- GEOLOGIC HISTORY;SEA LEVEL-- VARIATIONS; GLOBAL ASPECTS;HISTORICAL ASPECTS;TECTONICS |
| Related Subject | GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES;LEVELS |
| Description/Abstract | Charles Darwin proposed crustal subsidence for atoll growth, on the Beagle, between England and Brazil, before even seeing a coral reef, on the basis of charts and discussions with Captain Fitzroy.^Relative change of sea level due to crustal movements was then well-accepted from evidence of raised strandlines in Scandinavia and Scotland and sunken forests in England.^Darwin added global change of sea level (tectonoeustasy) caused by remote tectonic activity, as explained by Robert Chambers (1848, p. 319).^The glacioeustasy concept was mooted soon afterwards, though the term itself came later.^When Suess in 1888 proposed eustatic change, he had in mind Archimedian displacement of water by sediment or lava accumulation on the sea floor.^Integrated ideas of reef development also came in the 20th century.^The powerful arguments against Darwin were led by Murray with his solution hypothesis, which can not be judged as good observation but from a narrow viewpoint.^The Royal Society reef borings at Funafuti were heroic but at the same time misread.^Subsequently came isotopic geochemistry, absolute dating, the Milankovitch insolation theory, and plate tectonics.^And much more field work.^The result is an integrated reef growth theory. |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Pages: 577 |
| System Entry Date | 2001 May 13 |
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