Glaciation of Mauna Kea, Hawaii
- Author:
- Stearns, Harold T.
- Title:
- Glaciation of Mauna Kea, Hawaii
- Periodical:
- Geological Society of America Bulletin
- Year:
- 1945
- Volume:
- 56
- Pages:
- 267-274
- Subject:
- Glaciation
- Summary:
- Mauna Kea is a composite volcanic mountain that sits 13,784 feet high on the island of Hawaii. Through the writing of two papers, (Gregory and Wentworth, Wentworth and Powers), have described four stages of glaciation on Mauna Kea, Hawaii -- topography, climate, drainage, and vegetation. These four drifts are named from youngest to oldest -- the Makanaka, Waihu, Pohakuloa, and pre-Pohakuloa drifts, however, only the Makanaka deposits can be accepted as a definitely glacial drift.
- Label:
- Geology - Glaciation
- URL:
- http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2074/10.1130/0016-7606(1945)56[267:GOMKH]2.0.CO;2
- Date:
- 1945
- Collection:
- Periodicals