RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Hovey, Geology of St. Croix and Antigua. CUL-DAR42.6. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR42 contains notes for Darwin's book South America (1846).
Hovey S. 1838. Geology of St Croix; geology of Antigua. American Journal of Science and Arts 35: 64-74; 75-85.
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Sillimans J. vol. 35
p. 74 Prof Hovey says the bed of the ocean round the I. of Sta Cruz in W. Indies are lined with coral reefs.
p. 79 says in Antigua a modern formation with at least 70 per cent recent shells out of 41 fossil shells from Barbadoes, only 3 not now found in W. Indies.
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