A drowned Miocene terrace in the Hawaiian Islands
Menard HW, Allison EC, Durham JW. 1962. A drowned Miocene terrace in the Hawaiian Islands. Science. 138(3543):896-897
A highly fossiliferous sample dredged in September 1961 from a submerged terrace at a depth of 500 to 520 meters off Honolulu contains a reef fauna suggesting deposition at depths of 10 meters or less. The corals and pelagic foraminifers indicate a probable Miocene age. The Hawaiian rise was in existence prior to that time, and the submarine terrace and associated reef were subsequently submerged to their present position.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Menard, H; Allison, E; Durham, J
- Units
- HAVO
- Keywords
- Hawaiian Archipelago, Mechanism, Subsidence