Rock coatings in Hawaii

Author:

Farr, Tom G., Adams, John B.

Title:

Rock coatings in Hawaii

Periodical:

Geological Society of America Bulletin

Year:

1984

Volume:

95

Pages:

1077-1083

Subject:

Basalt Weathering Mauna Kea volcano

Summary:

The island of Hawaii is the southernmost island of the Hawaiian archipelago that is made up of five volcanoes -- Kohala, Hualalai, Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, and Kilauea from which the basaltic lavas from these volcanoes range in age from 450,000 years, (as is found in the oldest flows that extrude from Kohala), to the still active lava of Mauna Loa and Kilauea. As this island provides a unique opportunity to do side-by-side studies of rocks that are of similar composition and have been exposed to subaerial and semiarid weathering for vastly different lengths of time, this report describes the characterization of rock coatings that have been produced from the volcanoes of this island.

Label:

Geology

URL:

http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2074/10.1130/0016-7606(1984)95<1077:RCIH>2.0.CO;2

Collection:

Periodicals