Stratigraphy and chronology of late quaternary tephra along the South Rift Zone of Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii

Author:

Porter, Stephen C.

Title:

Stratigraphy and chronology of late quaternary tephra along the South Rift Zone of Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii

Periodical:

Geological Society of America Bulletin

Year:

1973

Volume:

84

Pages:

1923-1940

Subject:

Cinder cones Mauna Kea volcano Geochronology

Summary:

One of five large volcanic shields that make up the island of Hawaii is Mauna Kea. This volcano bears a discontinuous but locally thick blanket of tephra on its upper slopes that was deposited during explosive eruptions that consisted of alkalic rocks in the last phase of Mauna Kea's history. As a result, this paper presents the stratigraphy and chronology of tephra layers that were studied as part of a larger investigation with regard to the late Quaternary glacial and volcanic history of Mauna Kea. It provides a basis for relative dating and correlation of eruptive units that occurred on the south slope of this volcano that can be related stratigraphically to a succession of glacial drift sheets that were exposed between the 2800 and 4200 meter elevation of this mountain.

Label:

Geology

URL:

http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2074/10.1130/0016-7606(1973)84<1923:SACOLQ>2.0.CO;2

Date:

1973

Collection:

Periodicals