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Geologic Unit: Diamond Head

Usage:

Diamond Head tuff cone (informal) in Honolulu Volcanics (HI)

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: Diamond Head cone, [Diamond Head State Monument area, approx. Lat. 21 deg. 15 min. 47 sec. N., Long. 157 deg. 48 min. 53 sec. W., Honolulu 7.5-min quadrangle, Honolulu Co.], Island of Oahu, HI (Wentworth, 1926; Stearns, IN Stearns and Vaksvik, 1935).


AAPG geologic province:

Oahu


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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