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IN an article in last week's NATURE on “Elevation and Subsidence” (p. 323), Darwin's theory on the formation of coral islands is contrasted with mine, and it is apparently assumed that my theory is opposed to subsidence in those regions of the ocean where atolls and barrier reefs are situated.
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MURRAY, J. “Elevation and Subsidence”. Nature 28, 365 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/028365b0
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