RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1873-1874]. Draft of Coral reefs 2d ed., folio 16A. CUL-DAR57.140r. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. 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 volumes CUL-DAR 54-61 contain material for Darwin's book Insectivorous plants (1875).

The text of this draft corresponds to Coral reefs 2d ed., p. 185.


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few following cases offer partial exceptions

rule that active volcanoes are situated

distance from the areas of subsidence,

licated by the presence of atolls and

-reefs.

it is clear that a group of atolls, formed

number of islands having all sunk to


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