Pearl and Hermes
Reef is located in the Hawaiian-Emperor volcanic chain, SE of Midway.
Dredging of
the reef has produced round clasts of alkalic basalt, hawiite, and nepheline
phonolite.
Eruptions of Pearl and Hermes Reef
Volcano
21 million years ago
Pearl and Hermes Reef
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