Mapping the lateral boundaries of a cooling basaltic lava lake, Kilauea Iki, Hawaii

Open-File Report 77-94
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Abstract

Two types of electromagnetic (EM) profiling techniques were used to delineate the surface projection of the edges of the still-molten basaltic lava lens that exists in Kilauea Iki Crater, Hawaii. These studies were made as part of an intensive geophysical program aimed at defining the overall configuration of the liquid core and the attendant hydrothermal fluids. The results of the profiling studies were presented orally at the Annual Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union held in San Francisco, Calif., December 6, 1976. This report summarizes in more detail the techniques, results, and some conclusions related to the EM profiling studies. The complete results of an intensive VLF study made by L. A. Anderson (U.S. Geol. Survey, oral communication, 1976) will be presented in a separate report. Only a few of these results are discussed here.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Mapping the lateral boundaries of a cooling basaltic lava lake, Kilauea Iki, Hawaii
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 77-94
DOI 10.3133/ofr7794
Year Published 1977
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description 12 p.
Country United States
State Hawaii
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