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Geologic Unit: Kilea

Usage in publication:
- Kilea volcanics*
Modifications:
- Named
Dominant lithology:
- Basalt
AAPG geologic province:
- Maui

Publication:

Stearns, H.T., and Macdonald, G.A., 1942, Geology and ground-water resources of the Island of Maui, Hawaii: Hawaii Division of Hydrography Bulletin, no. 7, 344 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:62,500)

Summary:

[Named for] cinder cone, Puu Kilea, at 260 ft above sea level 0.5 mi north of Olowalu [village] on south bank of Olowalu Stream, west Maui. Included as unit of Lahaina volcanic series. Composed of fine-grained nepheline basanite. Is 15 ft thick. Overlies consolidated older alluvial fan of Olowalu Stream. Appears to be as old as 25-foot stand of sea. Stratigraphic section assigns middle(?) and late Pleistocene age.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).

Usage in publication:
- Kilea volcanics*
Modifications:
- Age modified
AAPG geologic province:
- Maui

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:

Type locality: Puu Kilea, cinder cone 0.5 mi north of Olowalu village [20 deg 49' 00"N, 156 deg 37' 30"W, Olowalu 7.5' quad] west Maui. Assigned Pleistocene(?) age based on relationship to 25 foot stand of sea.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).

Usage in publication:
- Kilea Volcanics*
Modifications:
- Geochronologic dating
AAPG geologic province:
- Maui

Publication:

Naughton, J.J., Macdonald, G.A., and Greenberg, V.A., 1980, Some additional potassium-argon ages of Hawaiian rocks; the Maui volcanic complex of Molokai, Maui, Lanai and Kahoulawe, IN McBirney, A.R., ed., Gordon A. Macdonald memorial volume: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 7, nos. 3-4, p. 339-355.

Summary:

K-Ar age on basanite from Kilea cone, Olowalu Canyon is 1.30 +/-0.10 Ma, "a surprisingly old age" p.350

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).

Usage in publication:
- Kilea Volcanics†
Modifications:
- Abandoned
AAPG geologic province:
- Maui

Publication:

Langenheim, V.A.M., and Clague, D.A., 1987, Stratigraphic framework of volcanic rocks of the Hawaiian Islands, Part II, IN The Hawaiian-Emperor volcanic chain, Chapter 1, OF Decker, R.W., Wright, T.L., and Stauffer, P.H., eds., Volcanism in Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, v. 1, 1350, p. 55-84. [http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_42485.htm]

Summary:

Kilea Volcanics of Stearns and Macdonald (1942) abandoned as formally named unit and called Kilea flow and cinder cone, informal unit of Lahaina Volcanics. "The single K-Ar age of 1.30 +/-0.10 Ma (Naughton and others, 1980) is considered to be too old on stratigraphic grounds." Lahaina Volcanics is considered to be of Pleistocene age.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).

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