Hawaii scientific drilling project: summary of preliminary results

Author:

Hawaii Scientific Drilling Project Team,

Title:

Hawaii scientific drilling project: summary of preliminary results

Periodical:

GSA Today: a publication of the Geological Society of America

Year:

1996

Volume:

6

Pages:

1-8

Subject:

Hawaii Scientific Drilling Project Geochemistry Geomagnetism Volcanism Petrology Hawaii Island

Summary:

In recognition of the opportunities afforded by drilling through the flank of an oceanic volcano, the Hawaii Scientific Drilling Project (HSDP) was conceived in the mid-1980s to core to a continuous depth of several kilometers in the flank of Mauna Kea volcano where petrological, geochemical, geomagnetic, and volcanological characterizations were recovered from a 1056 meter deep well. Due to the archetype of ocean-island volcanism, Hawaii was the natural target where the HSDP pilot hole drill site was near Hilo Bay on the approximately 1400 year-old Panaewa flow series from Mauna Loa Volcano. This document describes the preliminary results of this 1993 project.

Label:

Geology

URL:

http://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/6/8/pdf/i1052-5173-6-8-sci.pdf

Date:

August 1996

Collection:

Periodicals