Kulanaokuaiki Tephra (ca, A.D. 400-1000): Newly recognized evidence for highly explosive eruptions at Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 712-728

  Fiske, Richard S ^a   Rose, Timothy R ^a   Swanson, Donald A ^b   Champion, Duane E ^c   McGeehin, John P ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

High TiO2 and K2O marker unit; Kilauea volcano; Paleomagnetism; Pyroclastic eruptions; Pyroclastic surges; Radiocarbon ages; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

HIGH TIO2 AND K2O MARKER UNIT; KILAUEA VOLCANO; PALEOMAGNETISM; PYROCLASTIC ERUPTIONS; PYROCLASTIC SURGES; RADIOCARBON AGES;

COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITS; GEOMAGNETISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ROCK BURSTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

VOLCANOES;

CALDERA; EXHUMATION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; LAVA FLOW; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; RADIOCARBON DATING; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KILAUEA; MAUNA LOA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949146740     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26327.1     Document Type: Article

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