Field trip guide : Island of Hawaii

Author:

Rowland, Scott Kaniela, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology,

Title:

Field trip guide : Island of Hawaii

Year:

1996

Pages:

[42] pages

Subject:

Geology Hawaii Island guidebooks

Summary:

Within this field trip guide, areas are described such as: the city of Hilo, Puu One, (Sandhills), the town of Kapoho, a geothermal plant, Kalapana, Kilauea, the Kilauea Caldera, the Hawaii Volcanoes Observatory, the upper end of the Southwest Rift Zone, the Keanakakoi Phreatomagmatic Ash of 1790, Halemaumau and the Phreatic Eruption of 1924, spatter ramparts of the April, 1982 eruption, the September 1982 lava flow, the eruptive vents and lava slosh channel of the July 1974 eruption, the eruptions of Kilauea Iki and Puu Puai, the Thurston Lava Tube, the Chain of Craters and Upper East Rift Zone, the Muliwai A Pele lava channel, the Hilina Pali system, Pahoehoe lava flows, Mauna Ulu, the Kaoiki Fault Zone, the Ninole Hills and Wood Valley, the Pahala ash, the Honuapo Thermal Erosion and Loihi, the lava flow of 1868, the Kahuku Pali, the Puu Hou and Puu ki littoral cones, the steep Western Flank of Mauna Loa, Mount Hualalai, the Saddle Road, the Kaumana Cave, and the Kohala Mountain. Photos and various maps are also included.

Collection:

Monographs