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Geologic Unit: Kona

Usage in publication:
- Kona tuff formation
Modifications:
- Named
Dominant lithology:
- Ash
- Tuff
AAPG geologic province:
- Hawaii

Publication:

Wentworth, C.K., 1938, Ash formations of the Island of Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey [Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Special Report], no. 3, 183 p.

Summary:

Named for exposures at Kona District (Kailua quad) on west side of Island of Hawaii, southwest slope of Hualalai Volcano. Formerly called "ash deposits of Kona" by Powers and others (1932). Consists of yellow-brown palagonite ash interbedded with lavas of different age. Is up to 5 ft in thickness at 2500 ft elev. Assigned late Pleistocene(?) and Recent age in "Summary of Geologic History of Hawaii" p.171-171.

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

Usage in publication:
- Kona tuff formation
Modifications:
- Not used
AAPG geologic province:
- Hawaii

Publication:

Stearns, H.T., and Macdonald, G.A., 1946, Geology and ground-water resources of the Island of Hawaii: Hawaii Division of Hydrography Bulletin, no. 9, 363 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:125,000)

Summary:

"Wentworth [1938] has named this series of ash beds ... the Kona tuff formation. The ash beds were derived chiefly from the cinder cones of the Hualalai volcanic series and are not named herein." p.142-143. Unit now included in Hualalai volcanic series.

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

Usage in publication:
- Kona tuff formation
Modifications:
- Overview
AAPG geologic province:
- Hawaii

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: Kona District, SW slope of Hualalai Volcano [Kailua 7.5' quad], W side of Island of Hawaii. Now included in Hualalai volcanic series (Sterns and Macdonald, 1946).

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

Usage in publication:
- Kona Tuff Formation†
Modifications:
- Abandoned
AAPG geologic province:
- Hawaii

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:

"Davis and Macdonald (in Avias and others, 1956) presumably included the Kona Tuff Formation within the Hualalai, effectively giving the Hualalai group status." The unit [Kona Tuff Formation] "is here abandoned as a formal name and the unit is informally called the Kona ash beds" of Hualalai Volcanics. [Is Pleistocene and Holocene age since included in Hualalai Volcanics]

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

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