Usage:
Mauna Kuwale Rhyodacite Flow of Kamaileunu Member of Waianae Volcanics (HI*)
[Hawaiian spelling: Maunakūwale (U.S. Board on Geographic Names, 2015).]
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (Pliocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: ridge northeast of Mauna Kuwale Ridge [Lat. 21 deg. 28 min. 01 sec. N., Long. 158 deg. 09 min. 01 sec. W., Waianae 7.5-min quadrangle], Waianae Range, Island of Oahu, HI (Sinton, 1987).
AAPG geologic province:
Oahu
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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