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Geologic Unit: Lahaina

Usage:

Lahaina Volcanics (HI*)


Geologic age:

Quaternary (Pleistocene)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Principal reference locality: Puu Laina [Lat. 20 deg. 53 min. 58 sec. N., Long. 156 deg. 40 min. 16 sec. W., Lahaina 7.5-min quadrangle] western end of Island of Maui, HI (Langenheim and Clague, 1987).


AAPG geologic province:

Maui


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

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