- Usage in publication:
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- Bellows Field Formation
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sand
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Oahu
Summary:
Pg. 11. Bellows Field Formation. Extensive lithified, cream, calcareous, dune-sand deposits that form low hills in Waimanalo coastal plain. Extends 160 feet above sea level and as much as 160 feet below present sea level. Unconformably overlies in places Kaena Formation (new). Unconformably underlies Waimanalo Formation (new). Deposited during Regression III of Illinoian glacial time. Age is Pleistocene.
Type locality: [Waimanalo Beach area, approx. Lat. 21 deg. 20 min. 00 sec. N., Long. 157 deg. 42 min. 00 sec. W., Koko Head 7.5-min quadrangle, Honolulu Co.], southeast shore of Island of Oahu, HI. Named from Bellows Airfield, [Koko Head 7.5-min quadrangle, Honolulu Co.], southeast shore of Island of Oahu, HI.
[Additional locality information from USGS historical topographic map collection TopoView, accessed on July 20, 2023. Lat./Long. coords. from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX, compiled September, 1988).]
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX); US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1520, p. 25-26).
- Usage in publication:
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- Bellows Field Dune Formation
- Modifications:
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- Age modified
- Redescribed
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Oahu
Summary:
Age estimated as 450,000(?) to 400,000(?) yr B.P. for Regression III of 3rd glacial Illinois for deposition of Bellows Field Dune Formation.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
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