XXXVII. On the formation of Islands. By Alexander Dalrymple, Esquire. Communicated by C. Morton, M. D. S. R. S
There is not a part of natural history more curious, or perhaps to a navigator more useful, than an enquiry into the formation of islands. The origin of islands, in general, is not the point to be discussed; but of low, flat, islands in the wide ocean; such as are most of those hitherto discovered i...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Philosophical transactions (Royal Society (Great Britain) : 1683) 1767-12, Vol.57, p.394-397 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | There is not a part of natural history more curious, or perhaps to a navigator more useful, than an enquiry into the formation of islands. The origin of islands, in general, is not the point to be discussed; but of low, flat, islands in the wide ocean; such as are most of those hitherto discovered in the vast South-sea. |
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| ISSN: | 0260-7085 0261-0523 0260-7085 2053-9223 |
| DOI: | 10.1098/rstl.1767.0039 |