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THE work before us consists of a series of reports by different authors in connection with the three expeditions that, were sent to Funafuti in 1896, 1897 and 1898. Their object was to obtain by boring a vertical core of at least 100 fathoms from the rock of a typical atoll, to settle, if possible, the vexed question of its formation. Naturally the different parts of the work are of unequal value. Indeed, all must be regarded as of quite subsidiary importance to that on the core, and are of interest mainly in so far as they throw light on its composition.
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Borings into a Coral Reef 1 . Nature 69, 582–585 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/069582d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/069582d0