Usage:
Paniau Basalt (HI*)
[Hawaiian spelling: Pānīʻau (U.S. Board on Geographic Names, ca. 2000).]
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (Miocene to Pliocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
On east side of Paniau hill [Lat. 21 deg. 56 min. 21 sec. N., Long. 160 deg. 04 min. 59 sec. W., Niihau quadrangle] forming remnant of shield volcano, Island of Niihau, HI (Stearns, 1957).
AAPG geologic province:
Niihau
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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