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Geologic Unit: Kuhiwa
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Kuhiwa basaltic andesite*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Andesite
  • 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 exposures along Kuhiwa Gulch near hwy, Nahiku area, east Maui. Included as unit in Hana volcanic series. Occupies most of area east of Makapipi Stream. Appears to be single aa flow, locally nonporphyritic but usually with phenocrysts of brownish-green olivine up to 7.5 mm in diameter. Maximum thickness 75 ft in drillholes. Overlies with erosional unconformity Mossman basalt (new). Overlies stream gravel which in turn overlies Makapipi and Waiaaka lavas. Map shows middle(?) and late Pleistocene and Recent age.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Kuhiwa basaltic andesite*
  • 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: Kuhiwa Gulch near hwy [20 deg 48' 00"N, 156 deg 05' 08"W, Nahiku 7.5' quad] Nahiku area, northeast side of Island of Maui. Exposed over area 1.5 sq mi in Nahiku area. Assigned Pleistocene(?) age. [no basis given]

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Kuhiwa Basaltic Andesite†
  • 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:

Kuhiwa Basaltic Andesite of Stearns and Macdonald (1942) abandoned as formally named unit and called Kuhiwa flow, informal unit of Hana Volcanics. Hana Volcanics assigned Pleistocene(?) and Holocene age.

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


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