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Geologic Unit: Hana

Usage:

Hana Volcanics (HI*)
[Hawaiian spelling: Hāna (U.S. Board on Geographic Names, 1999).]


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all flows informal: Big Falls flows, Hanawi flow, Kapaula flow, Keanae flow, Kipahulu Member*, Kuhiwa flow, Makaino flow, Makapipi flows, Mossman flow, Ohia flow, Paakea flow, Pauwalu flow, Piinaau flow, Waiaaka flow, Wailuanui flow, Waiokamilo flow.


Geologic age:

Quaternary (Pleistocene to Holocene)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Near village of Hana [now spelled Hāna, Lat. 20 deg. 45 min. 49 sec. N., Long. 155 deg. 59 min. 25 sec. W., Hana 7.5-min quadrangle], east end of Island of Maui, HI (Stearns and Macdonald, 1942).


AAPG geologic province:

Maui


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

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

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