The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 109National Geographic Society, 1956 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 382
... atolls were formed . Volcano Rises from Sea Floor They drilled two test holes on Eniwetok Atoll in 1952. For more than 4,000 feet the drills chewed into nothing but reef limestone . Then , at the bottom of this titanic mound , the bits ...
... atolls were formed . Volcano Rises from Sea Floor They drilled two test holes on Eniwetok Atoll in 1952. For more than 4,000 feet the drills chewed into nothing but reef limestone . Then , at the bottom of this titanic mound , the bits ...
Page 549
... Atoll BY MARSTON BATES , PH.D. With Illustrations from Photographs by the Author National Geographic Society 549 Ifalikians Take Life Easy ; They. T HE beginning of the Ifalik expedition , so far as I was concerned , came by way of a ...
... Atoll BY MARSTON BATES , PH.D. With Illustrations from Photographs by the Author National Geographic Society 549 Ifalikians Take Life Easy ; They. T HE beginning of the Ifalik expedition , so far as I was concerned , came by way of a ...
Page 552
... ATOLL W 666 2 STATUTE MILE Soundings in feet have littered the ground , the atoll's five chiefs decide that it is time to clean up . Early on the appointed day Toroman , the No. 4 chief , goes to the shore and blows a series of blasts ...
... ATOLL W 666 2 STATUTE MILE Soundings in feet have littered the ground , the atoll's five chiefs decide that it is time to clean up . Early on the appointed day Toroman , the No. 4 chief , goes to the shore and blows a series of blasts ...
Contents
Airplanes New Industry and Military Defense Speed Progress | v |
In These Telltale and Often Beautiful Relics of Vanished | xviii |
Athens to Istanbul A Journey Through the Heart of the | 37 |
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