Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 1 Vanua Levu, Fiji
CHAPTER II
ON THE EVIDENCE OF EMERGENCE OR OF UPHEAVAL AT THE SEA-BORDERS
Elevated coral reefs scantily represented, 7.—Apparent absence of coral reefs in the early stages of the emergence, 8.—Elevated reefs confined to the coast and its vicinity.—Detailed examination of the sea-borders, 9.—Silicified corals and siliceous concretions the only evidence in many localities of the upraised reefs, 13.—The relations of the mangrove-belt to the reef-flat, 14.—Indications of a very gradual movement of emergence in our own time, 15.—The rate of advance of the mangroves, 16.—Conclusions, 19
_Pages_ 7-20