Volcano growth and evolution of the island of Hawaii
- Author:
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Moore, James G., Clague, David A.
- Title:
- Volcano growth and evolution of the island of Hawaii
- Periodical:
- Geological Society of America Bulletin
- Year:
- 1992
- Volume:
- 104
- Pages:
- 1471-1484
- Subject:
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Shield volcanoes
Volcanoes Hawaii Island
- Summary:
- Hawaii's seven volcanoes are, in order of growth, Mahukona, Kohala, Mauna Kea, Hualalai, Mauna Loa, Kilauea, and Loihi. The first four have completed their shield-building stage. The island of Hawaii has grown at an average rate of about 0.02 km(super 2) /yr for the past 600 k.y. Mahukona completed shield building about 465 ka; Kohala, 245 ka; Mauna Kea, 130 ka; and Hualalai, 130 ka. On each volcano, the transition from eruption of tholeiitic to alkalic lava occurs near the end of shield building. The larger volcanic systems change in composition before the end of shield building, and the smaller volcanoes change near or after the end of shield building.
- Label:
- Geology
- URL:
- http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2074/10.1130/0016-7606(1992)104<1471:VGAEOT>2.3.CO;2
- Date:
- November 1992
- Collection:
- Periodicals