Modern Reefs |
Common terms and phrases
Agassiz Alcyonaria algae Amer Andros aragonite atoll Australia Bahama Bank Barrier Reef basalt Bermuda Bikini BIKINI ATOLL boring bottom bryozoa calcareous calcite calcium carbonate cemented coast coral growth Coral limestone Coral Reefs Cream-white crustacea deep deposited depth detritus dolomite east echinoids edge elevated reefs Eniwetok fathoms feet Fijis Florida foraminifera forms fossils fragments fringing reef Funafuti Gardiner Geol glacial control Grade Halimeda Hoffmeister hole inorganic island Ladd lagoon lime limestone Lithothamnion live Low Isles magnesium carbonate Maldives Marquesas material meters miles millimeters mollusks nullipores ocean oolite organic ostracods outer Pacific Pago PLATE platform Pleistocene polyps porous precipitation Quartz sand reef corals reef flat reef rock ridge samples sea level sediments shallow water shells shore silt slope soft solution species spicules steep submerged subsidence surface terrigenous Tertiary theory thick Tortugas Umbgrove Vaughan volcanic Yonge zone zooxanthellae