Buried caldera of Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii
Porter SC. 1972. Buried caldera of Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii. Science. 175(4029):1458-1460
An elliptical caldera (2.1 by 2.8 kilometers) at the summit of Mauna Kea volcano is inferred to lie buried beneath hawaiite lava flows and pyroclastic cones at an altitude of approximately 3850 meters. Stratigraphic relationships indicate that hawaiite eruptions began before a pre-Wisconsin period of ice-cap glaciation and that the crest of the mountain attained its present altitude and gross form during a glaciation of probable Early Wisconsin age
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Porter, S
- Units
- HAVO
- Keywords
- Age Dating, Geology, Hawaii (Big Island), Mauna Kea Volcano, Stratigraphy