Usage:
Palikea Breccia Member of Koloa Volcanics (HI*)
[Hawaiian spelling: Kōloa (U.S. Board on Geographic Names, ca. 2010).]
Geologic age:
late Tertiary and Quaternary (Pliocene and Pleistocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Palikea Ridge [Lat. 22 deg. 00 min. 42 sec. N., Long. 159 deg. 27 min. 27 sec. W., Waialeale 7.5-min quadrangle], 3.2 mi S. 20 deg. E. of Kawaikini Peak on east side of Island of Kauai, HI (Macdonald and others, 1960).
AAPG geologic province:
Kauai
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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