The subsidence theory related to the coral reef was propounded by :
Darwin
Charles Darwin proposed the subsidence theory of coral reefs. As a volcanic island gradually subsides, upward coral growth can maintain a reef near sea level. A fringing reef develops into a barrier reef and eventually an atoll as the island disappears below the sea.
Important Questions from Oceanography
The Gulf Stream is found in
Consider the following statements :
1. In the tropical zone, the western sections of the oceans are warmer than the eastern sections owing to the influence of trade winds
2. In the temperate zone, westerlies make the eastern sections of oceans warmer than the western sections.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Which of the following statement is not correct?
I. Generally, warm ocean currents originate near the equator and flow towards the poles.
II. Gulfstreams are cold water currents.
Which of the following ocean currents does not flow into the Pacific Ocean?
Which one of the following is a cold ocean current ?
