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  • Usage in publication:
    • Afono trachyte
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Trachyte
Publication:

Daly, R.A., 1924, The geology of the American Samoa, IN A memorial to Alfred Goldsborough Mayor: Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication, no. 340, p. 93-143., Papers from the Carnegie Inst. Washington, Dept. Marine Biology, v. XIX


Summary:

Pg. 108, 129-130. Afono trachyte. Trachyte plug and associated trachyte dike. Pioa rhyolite, Matafao, Papatele, Afono, and Vatia trachytes were erupted contemporaneously or nearly so. Occurs on Samoa Island (Tutuila). Age is Pleistocene(?).
[Forms 200-m cliff on east side of Afono Bay, Tutuila, Samoa Island.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 23).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Afono trachyte*
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Samoa Islands
Publication:

Stearns, H.T., 1944, Geology of the Samoan Islands: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 55, no. 11, p. 1279-1332, (incl. geologic map, scale 1:60,000)


Summary:

Pg. 1285-1286 (table 1), 1305. Afono trachyte plug associated with Pago volcanics (new). Age is Pliocene and early Pleistocene(?).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 23).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Afono trachyte
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
Publication:

Macdonald, G.A., and Davis, D.A., 1956, Zone des Hawaii, Chapter 2, IN Avias, Jacques, and others, Oceanie proprement dite; Fasc. 2 of V. 6, Oceanie: Lexique Stratigraphique International, p. 70-143(?)., Prepared by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Paris), International Geological Congress, Commission on Stratigraphy


Summary:

Pg. 150. Afono trachyte. Age is Pleistocene(?).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 23).


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