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Darwin grouped coral reefs into three distinct types: barrier, fringing, and atolls. He believed that each reef type was really a separate stage of reef development around a slowly sinking volcanic island. | |||
==Stage 1 - Fringing Reef== | |||
==Stage 2 - Barrier Reef== | |||
==Stage 3 - Atoll== | |||
==Evidence== | |||
==Notes== | |||
==References== |
Revision as of 20:38, 30 December 2012
Darwin's Theory
Darwin grouped coral reefs into three distinct types: barrier, fringing, and atolls. He believed that each reef type was really a separate stage of reef development around a slowly sinking volcanic island.