|Paleo Slide Set: Coral Paleoclimatology|
|5-meter high colony of massive coral (Pavona clavus), Urvina Bay, Galapagos Islands.|
| The earth's surface
is a dynamic place shaped and reshaped by incredibly powerful processes.
This 5-meter high colony of massive coral (Pavona clavus) from the
Galapagos was lifted high and dry during a turbulent period of rapid tectonic
uplift in 1954. Cataclysmic transformations such as this underscore the
fact that our planet is always changing. Most of these changes, however,
are much subtler than the sudden rise of the ocean floor or the dramatic
explosion of a volcano.
Department of Biology, University of Houston
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