Usage:
Kaupo flow (informal) of Honolulu Volcanics (HI)
[Hawaiian spelling: probably Kaupō; Honolulu (U.S. Board on Geographic Names, ca. 2000).]
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Pleistocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named for occurrence at Kaupo, site of abandoned Hawaiian village at foot of Pali, 200 ft above sea level, [near Kaupō Cove (U.S. Board on Geographic Names, ca. 2000), in vicinity of Lat. 21 deg. 18 min. 48 sec. N., Long. 157 deg. 39 min. 56 sec. W., Koko Head 7.5-min quadrangle, Honolulu Co.], Island of Oahu, HI (Stearns, IN Stearns and Vaksvik, 1935).
AAPG geologic province:
Oahu
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