Usage:
Waimea Conglomerate (HI)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (Pliocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Bottom of Waimea Canyon [Lat. 22 deg. 03 min. 31 sec. N., Long. 159 deg. 39 min. 26 sec. W., Waimea Canyon 7.5-min quadrangle] between Waialae and Poomau streams, [Island of Kauai, HI] (Hinds, 1930).
AAPG geologic province:
Kauai
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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