Usage:
Kahele Ash Member of Hilina Basalt (HI*)
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Pleistocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: at Pohakaa Arroyo (approx. 470 m elevation), south slope of Kilauea Volcano, Lat. 19 deg. 16 min. 40 sec. N., Long. 155 deg. 20 min. 00 sec. W., Kau Desert 7.5-min quadrangle, Hawaii Co., Hawaii Volcanoes Wilderness, Island of Hawaii, HI (Easton, 1987).
Reference section at Puu Kapukapu [approx. Lat. 19 deg. 16 min. 33 sec. N., Long. 155 deg. 15 min. 34 sec. W.], Kau Desert 7.5-min quadrangle, Hawaii Co., Hawaii Volcanoes Wilderness, Island of Hawaii, HI (Easton, 1987).
Named from Kahele Arroyo [Kahele Valley, approx. Lat. 19 deg. 17 min. 40 sec. N., Long. 155 deg. 17 min. 52 sec. W.], about 1 km east-southeast of Hilina Shelter, Kau Desert 7.5-min quadrangle, Hawaii Co., Hawaii Volcanoes Wilderness, Island of Hawaii, HI (Easton, 1987).
AAPG geologic province:
Hawaii
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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