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- Coral Castle is an oolite limestone structure created by the Latvian-American eccentric Edward Leedskalnin (1887–1951). It is located in unincorporated...24 KB (2,596 words) - 22:39, 7 August 2024
- Coral sand is a form of aragonite sand particles originating in tropical and sub-tropical marine environments primarily from bioerosion of limestone skeletal...3 KB (331 words) - 16:58, 18 July 2024
- Polynesian mythology. Ha'amonga 'a Maui is constructed from three coral limestone slabs. It is 5.2m high, 1.4m wide, and 5.8m long. The weight of the...7 KB (533 words) - 02:05, 12 February 2024
- as the accumulation of corals and shells in the sea, have likely been more important for the last 540 million years. Limestone often contains fossils...72 KB (8,485 words) - 15:26, 13 August 2024
- Coral rag is a rubbly limestone composed of ancient coral reef material. The term also refers to the building blocks quarried from these strata, which...2 KB (139 words) - 22:38, 25 September 2023
- and tabulate corals became widespread. Paleozoic corals often contained numerous endobiotic symbionts. Tabulate corals occur in limestones and calcareous...110 KB (12,238 words) - 00:32, 28 August 2024
- reef and other islands are built. There are also three clusters of coral limestone islets, Yanuya (50 islets) and Mana (46 islets) on the barrier reef...7 KB (321 words) - 14:32, 1 December 2023
- established in the New World. The cathedral is fronted with a golden-tinted coral limestone façade. The building is Gothic, a notable example of real Gothic architecture...12 KB (1,065 words) - 12:09, 23 November 2023
- Fernando Manuel de Bustillo, the structure was replaced in 1738 by a coral limestone fort and was primarily used by the Spanish as a defensive structure...5 KB (189 words) - 11:35, 7 March 2024
- they form massive reefs of limestone. The reef environment supports more plant and animal species than any other habitat. Coral reefs are vital for life...10 KB (1,164 words) - 12:29, 6 June 2024
- Aruba Natural Bridge (category Limestone formations)attraction in Arikok National Park, Aruba that was formed naturally out of coral limestone. It collapsed on 2 September 2005. The natural arch, measuring approximately...2 KB (92 words) - 11:33, 11 February 2024
- substrate of the island is either directly volcanic or from uplifted coral limestone. Lorengau, the capital of Manus Province, is located on the island...19 KB (1,711 words) - 08:26, 7 May 2024
- Atoll (redirect from Coral atoll)flat surface of coral reef, it is exposed to the atmosphere as a flat topped island which is dissolved by rainfall to form limestone karst. Because of...27 KB (2,572 words) - 13:29, 21 August 2024
- islands are of two types: most have a limestone base formed from uplifted coral formations; others consist of limestone overlaying a volcanic base. The climate...11 KB (941 words) - 04:37, 13 April 2024
- acres). It is a low, dry, coral limestone island with a steep beach backed by a 6–8-metre-high (20–26 ft) bank composed of large coral fragments. Several hypersaline...10 KB (1,168 words) - 07:10, 8 April 2024
- headlands and sea caves, Coral Bay itself is a 600m crescent of soft white sand, enclosed by a pair of limestone headlands. Coral Bay beach carries an EU...2 KB (150 words) - 06:49, 26 September 2023
- jewelry making. Carboniferous limestone Coquina Coral rag Coral sand Fossil beach Keystone Shelly limestone Lithographic limestone Marl Millstone Plattenkalk...6 KB (634 words) - 06:51, 21 February 2024
- nuclear tests that occurred there. The islands are composed of low coral limestone and sand. The average elevation is only about 2.1 metres (7 ft) above...69 KB (7,470 words) - 11:58, 29 July 2024
- A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate...162 KB (18,185 words) - 19:16, 12 August 2024
- shoreline mangrove swamp, the shallow waters of Biscayne Bay, the coral limestone keys and the offshore Florida Reef. The shoreline swamps of the mainland...87 KB (10,051 words) - 04:13, 21 August 2024
- foraminifera now extinct. Coral limestones are being formed at the present day over a large extent of the tropical seas; many existing coral reefs must be of great
- build the limestone skeleton of the reef. [Dory appears again, then swims off to the left] And though, located in nutrient-poor waters, the coral has learned
- hard parts of coral reefs are sometimes preserved intact, giving us reef limestone. Sediment: shells of calcium carbonate. Rock: limestone. While calcium