“Are coral reefs growing from the depths of the oceans? ... [The] reply is a simple negative; and a single fact establishes its truth. The reef-forming coral zoophytes, as has been shown, cannot grow at greater depths than 100 or 120 feet; and therefore in seas deeper than this, the formation or growth of reefs over the bottom is impossible.” Has BeensFactsGrowsGrowthSimpleGreaterGrowingImpossibleSeaFeetOceanNegativeDepthBottomDeeperFormationReefsCoral Reefs Author:James Dwight Dana
“The profoundest facts in the earth's history prove that the oceans have always been oceans.” FactsEarthProveOcean Book:Corals and Coral Islands Source: Corals and Coral Islands
