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a A fringing reef forms around an island in the tropics. The island sinks as the oceanic plate on which it rides moves away from a spreading center. In this case, the island does not sink at a rate faster than coral organisms can build upward. The island eventually disappears beneath the surface, but the coral remains at the surface as an atoll. sinking island with barrier reef young volcanic island with fringing coral reef resulting undersea guyots lagoon and atoll reef The seafloor subsides over time as it moves away from a heat source in the mantle below. b The typical ring shape of an atoll- the alluring tropical island of travel posters.

a A fringing reef forms around an island in the tropics. The island sinks as the oceanic plate on which it rides moves away from a spreading center. In this case, the island does not sink at a rate faster than coral organisms can build upward. The island eventually disappears beneath the surface, but the coral remains at the surface as an atoll. sinking island with barrier reef young volcanic island with fringing coral reef resulting undersea guyots lagoon and atoll reef The seafloor subsides over time as it moves away from a heat source in the mantle below. b The typical ring shape of an atoll- the alluring tropical island of travel posters.

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
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a A fringing reef forms around an island in the tropics. The island sinks as the oceanic plate on which it rides moves away from a spreading center. In this case, the island does not sink at a rate faster than coral organisms can build upward. The island eventually disappears beneath the surface, but the coral remains at the surface as an atoll. sinking island with barrier reef young volcanic island with fringing coral reef
Transcribed Image Text:a A fringing reef forms around an island in the tropics. The island sinks as the oceanic plate on which it rides moves away from a spreading center. In this case, the island does not sink at a rate faster than coral organisms can build upward. The island eventually disappears beneath the surface, but the coral remains at the surface as an atoll. sinking island with barrier reef young volcanic island with fringing coral reef
resulting undersea guyots lagoon and atoll reef The seafloor subsides over time as it moves away from a heat source in the mantle below. b The typical ring shape of an atoll- the alluring tropical island of travel posters.
Transcribed Image Text:resulting undersea guyots lagoon and atoll reef The seafloor subsides over time as it moves away from a heat source in the mantle below. b The typical ring shape of an atoll- the alluring tropical island of travel posters.
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