Geologic road log for the Island of Hawaii: from Kona to Puna returning via Hilo and the Saddle road

Author:

Thomas, Donald, Kochy, Robert

Title:

Geologic road log for the Island of Hawaii: from Kona to Puna returning via Hilo and the Saddle road

Subject:

Hawaii Island description and travel Hawaii guidebooks Geology guidebooks

Summary:

This geologic road log of the island of Hawaii describes aa and pahoehoe lava flows as well as volcanic ash, alkali olivine basalts, xenoliths of mafic and ultramafic rocks, and many other geologic areas located around the island. The journey started in Kona, and took the travelers through areas such as Hualalai, Mauna Loa, Captain Cook, Kealakekua Bay, Puu Honua a Honaunau National Park (the City of Refuge), a macadamia nut orchard, Manuka State Park, kipukas, Kahuku Ranch, South Point, Waiohinu, Kauahaao church, Pahala, Naalehu, Kau coastline, Kilauea south flank, Hilina Fault, an abandoned Honuapo sugar mill, Pohina, Ninole Hills, Punaluu, Wood Valley, Kamakaia Hills, Keamoku, Footprints Trail, Mauna Iki, Namakani Paio campground, Bird Park, Kilauea caldera, the East Rift Zone, Sulphur Banks Fumarole and Steaming Bluffs, the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Crater Rim Drive, Hirano Store, Kupaianaha, Puu Oo, Keaau junction, the Puna sugar mill, Pahoa, Lava Trees State Park, Kapoho, Pohoiki, Cape Kumukahi, the Puu Honuaula cinder cone, a Puna Geothermal Research Center, Kalapana, Kaimu, then onto Hilo, Wailoa State Park, the Wailuku River, Rainbow Falls, Boiling Pots, Kaumana Cave, the Saddle Road that runs between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, the Puu Huluhulu cinder cone, Pohakuloa Gulch, the Pohakuloa Training Area, the Puu Ka Pele cinder cone, Kohala volcano, Waikoloa, Puu Anahulu, Honokohau Harbor and back to the starting point of the Kona Surf Hotel.

Collection:

Monographs