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olga2289 [7]
3 years ago
7

You are sailing the ocean and come across an atoll. What can you predict about the origin of the atoll?

Geography
1 answer:
Alona [7]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

b) It started as a fringing reef

Explanation:

When an island (basically a seamount or eroded volcano) that is formed on a caldera and which is surrounded by fringing reefs starts to sink or the sea level starts to rise gradually and engulf it , i.e. when the fringing reefs starts to grow it gradually forms an atoll .

It is basically a coral reef encircling a logoon . Coral starts to grow and build a fringing reef and later this barrier reef forms the atoll , which encircles a lagoon .

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