Hawaii scientific drilling protect: Summary of preliminary results
GSA Today
By: D. DePaolo, E. Stolper, D. Thomas, F. Albarede, O. Chadwick, D. Clague, M. Feigenson, F. Frey, M. Garcia, A. Hofmann, B.L. Ingram, B. M. Kennedy, J. Kirschvink, M. Kurz, Carlo Laj, J. Lockwood, K. Ludwig, T. McEvilly, R. Moberly, G. Moore, Jeff Moore, R. Morin, F. Paillet, P. Renne, M. Rhodes, M. Tatsumoto, H. Taylor, G. Walker, and R. Wilkins
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Abstract
Petrological, geochemical, geomagnetic, and volcanological characterization of the recovered core from a 1056-m-deep well into the flank of the Mauna Kea volcano in Hilo, Hawaii, and downhole logging and fluid sampling have provided a unique view of the evolution and internal structure of a major oceanic volcano unavailable from surface exposures. Core recovery was ~90%, yielding a time series of fresh, subaerial lavas extending back to ~400 ka. Results of this 1993 project provide a basis for a more ambitious project to core drill a well 4.5 km deep in a nearby location with the goal of recovering an extended, high-density stratigraphic sequence of lavas.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Hawaii scientific drilling protect: Summary of preliminary results |
| Series title | GSA Today |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Year Published | 1996 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Geological Society of America |
| Description | 9 p. |
| First page | 1 |
| Last page | 9 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Hawaii |