of the reef and of the islands is freely permeable to ocean water;
therefore, the craters are an effective connection with the lagoon and
the ocean even if they are located within an island.
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Most of the testing was done on the northern part of the atoll..
(See Figure 2 for the number and location of the tests.)
The test
personnel were based in the southern area, and Enewetak Island, the.
largest in the atoll, accommodated many buildings and an airstrip
capable of handling the largest aircraft.
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Ryukiewich and J.P. Spradley, pp. 61-80, John Wiley and Sons, New
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Morison, Samuel Eliot, History of United States Naval Overations in
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Tobin, Jack A., The Resettlement of the Enewetak People:
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University of California, Berkeley, 1967.

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