 ... the coral, sand, and other broken remnants thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form a solid mass with it, as high as the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property...  Excursons in New South Wales, Western Australia, and Van Diemen's Land ... - עמוד 128מאת William Henry Breton - 1834 - 420 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 דפים
...That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property, and, remaining in a loose state, form what is usually...new bank is not long in being visited by sea-birds ; salt-plants take root upon it, and a soil begins to be formed ; a cocoa-nut or the drupe of a pandanus... | |
 | Sir Ernest Scott - 1914 - 614 דפים
...That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property, and, remaining in a loose state, form what is usually...new bank is not long in being visited by sea-birds; plants take root upon it; a cocoanut, or the drupe of a pandanus is thrown on shore; land-birds visit... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1839 - 408 דפים
...That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property ; and, remaining in a loose state, form what is usually called a key upon the tops of the reef. The new bank is soon visited by seabirds ; salt plants take root upon it, and a soil... | |
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