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  • Usage in publication:
    • Rocky Hill basalt
  • Modifications:
    • First used
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Oahu
Publication:

Wentworth, C.K., 1926, Pyroclastic geology of Oahu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin, no. 30, 121 p.


Summary:

Rocky Hill basalt mapped in Tantalus-Roundtop district, [Honolulu quad] Island of Oahu. Composed of coarse ash, agglomerate and rhyoclastic lava.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Rocky Hill volcanics*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Basalt
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Oahu
Publication:

Stearns, H.T., 1935, Geography and geology, [Island of Oahu, Hawaii], Part 1, IN Stearns, H.T., and Vaksvik, K.N., Geology and ground-water resources of the Island of Oahu, Hawaii: Hawaii Division of Hydrography Bulletin, no. 1, p. 3-198.


Summary:

Named for occurrence at Rocky Hill, largest of 4 cinder cones in Tantalus-Roundup district, Island of Oahu. Formerly in part called Rocky Hill basalt by Wentworth (1926). Included in Honolulu volcanic series. Composed of cinder cones and lava flows. Rocky Hill cone is 130 ft above adjacent land, but base is not exposed. Underlies Sugar Loaf basalt (new). Tentatively assigned to the Kaena stand of sea. Assigned middle(?) and late Pleistocene age.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Rocky Hill volcanics*
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Oahu
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:

Exposed over area of about 0.1 sq mi in lower end of Manoa Valley on south side of Koolau Range about 11 mi west of Makapuu Head. No fossils. Assigned Pleistocene age based on stratigraphic relationships, deep weathering, and tentative assignment to plus 95-ft (Kaena) stand of sea.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Rocky Hill Volcanics†
  • Modifications:
    • Abandoned
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Oahu
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:

Rocky Hill Volcanics (Stearns, IN Stearns and Vaksvik, 1935) abandoned as formally named unit and renamed Rocky Hill flow (and associated cones), informal unit of Honolulu Volcanics.

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


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