Usage:
Kahuku Basalt (HI*)
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Pleistocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
At Kahuku Pali [Pali o Kulani, Lat. 18 deg. 59 min. 55 sec. N., Long. 155 deg. 41 min. 26 sec. W., Ka Lae 7.5-min quadrangle], fault escarpment running north from South Point [Mauna Loa Volcano, Island of Hawaii, HI] (Stearns and Macdonald, 1946).
AAPG geologic province:
Hawaii
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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