Drilling on Midway Atoll, Hawaii
@article{Ladd1967DrillingOM, title={Drilling on Midway Atoll, Hawaii}, author={Harry Stephen Ladd and Joshua I. Tracey and M. Grant Gross}, journal={Science}, year={1967}, volume={156}, pages={1088 - 1094} }
Two holes drilled through reef sediments into basalt have established a geologic section through the Miocene. Midway was built above the sea by flows that were weathered and partially truncated in pre-Miocene time. After submergence, volcanic clays were reworked and covered by limestones. Overall ubmergence was interrupted at least twice by emergence. The limestones have been leached, recrystallized, and partially dolomitized.
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