Usage:
Kulanaokuaiki Tephra Member of Uekahuna Ash (HI*)
[Hawaiian spelling: Uēkahuna (U.S. Board on Geographic Names, 2021), originally spelled Uwekahuna.]
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Holocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: beneath the edge of Old Kalue lava flow on the upper south flank of Kilauea Volcano, ~600 m south of Kulanaokuaiki Pali, a north-facing fault scarp 7 to 8 km south of Kilauea’s summit, Island of Hawaii. Named from Kulanaokuaiki Pali (Fiske and others, 2009).
AAPG geologic province:
Hawaii
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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