U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 03-441
DATA REPORT: Geology of Reef-Front Carbonate Sediment Deposits around Oahu, Hawaii
2000 Kailua vibracore sketches, descriptions, and photographs
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Vibracore 8V1, Kailua Bay
Upward-coarsening successions of burrowed to bioturbated, muddy and sandy, Halimeda gravel: massive appearing owing probably to extensive bioturbation; local mud-filled burrow structures; yellowish to light greenish gray (5Y-GY8/1); poor to fair sorting with muddy (10.0%) and sandy (very fine- to fine-grained) "matrix"; elongate Halimeda flakes 0.5-1.0 cm long; clasts angular to subangular; sand and fine gravel fractions dominantly Halimeda (70.5-83.5%) minor constituents include foraminifera (5.5-11.5%) calcareous algae (3.5-7.0%) and mollusks (2.5-3.5%).
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