Vesicular basalt brought up by oceanographic instruments from 6,000 feet, near slope of the Bikini Atoll

Note from inscribed title: This sample proved that the atoll was formed on a volcanic base.

• 1952

• Scripps Institution of Oceanography

This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the Capricorn Expedition Photograph Collection.

Library Services and Technology Act - California Explores the Ocean

• Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953)

• Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands)
• Marshall Islands
• Micronesia
• Oceania
• Pacific Islands

• Basalt

• image

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• Capricorn Expedition Photographs

• UC Regents

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2022-02-18