Usage:
Ainoni flow (informal) of Honolulu Volcanics (HI*)
[Hawaiian spelling: 'Ainoni (U.S. Board on Geographic Names, 2000).]
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Pleistocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Type locality not designated.] Named from Ainoni Spring, which issues from east margin of lava flow, 1.5 mi southwest of Olomana Peak on Maunawili Ranch, [Koolaupoko district, approx. Lat. 21 deg. 20 min. 54 sec., N., Long. 157 deg. 45 min. 57 sec. W., Koko Head 7.5-min quadrangle, Honolulu Co.], Island of Oahu, HI. Lava flow is 0.75 mi long and 0.5 mi wide on northeast side of Koolau Range, about 8 mi northwest of Makapuu Head (Stearns, IN Stearns and Vaksvik, 1935).
AAPG geologic province:
Oahu*
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