Usage:
Kailua Member of Koolau Basalt (HI*)
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Pleistocene?)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Principal reference locality: Kaiwa Ridge [Lat. 21 deg. 23 min. 08 sec. N., Long. 157 deg. 43 min. 22 sec. W.] Island of Oahu, HI (Langenheim and Clague, 1987).
AAPG geologic province:
Oahu
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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