Multiple glaciation of Mauna Kea, Hawaii

Author:

Wentworth, Chester K., Powers, William E.

Title:

Multiple glaciation of Mauna Kea, Hawaii

Periodical:

Geological Society of America Bulletin

Year:

1941

Volume:

52

Pages:

1193-1218

Subject:

Glaciation

Summary:

The upper part of Mauna Kea was glaciated four times, presumably contemporaneously with Pleistocene glacial advances elsewhere. The four glaciations, from youngest to oldest, are named the Makanaka, Waihu, Pohakuloa, and pre-Pohakuloa stages. The authors recognize terminal moraines, ground moraine, and outwash gravels for each stage. The deposits from the three earlier stages underlie later lava flows, as seen in cross section. A few small lava flows are younger than the last glaciation. [This paper was criticized by Stearns {1945b}, who offered an alternative interpretation for the older glacial deposits. Modern study upholds the evidence for multiple glaciation. - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory]

Label:

Geology

Date:

1941

Collection:

Periodicals