Usage:
Puna Basalt (HI*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in HI*: Keanakakoi Ash Member, Uwekahuna Ash Member.
Geologic age:
late Quaternary (Holocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Uwekahuna Bluff, Kilauea Crater [Lat. 19 deg. 25 min. 43 sec. N., Long. 155 deg. 17 min. 01 sec. W., Kilauea Crater 7.5-min quadrangle], Island of Hawaii, HI (Easton, 1987).
Type locality: walls of Kilauea caldera, Island of Hawaii, HI. Named from Puna district, Island of Hawaii, HI, where rocks of series are most abundant (Stearns and Macdonald, 1946).
AAPG geologic province:
Hawaii
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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