Roadside Geology of Hawai'i
by Rick Hazlett, Cheryl Gansecki, and Steve Lundblad
Roadside Geology of Hawai'i
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| Preface and Acknowledgments |
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| A Note on the Hawaiian Language |
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| THE HAWAIIAN HOT SPOT |
1
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| Hawai'i's Common Rock Types |
6
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| The Loa and Kea Trends |
8
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| Stages of Volcano Development |
11
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| Calderas, Vents, and Dikes |
14
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| Lava Flows |
17
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| Pyroclasts and Cones |
29
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| Soils |
34
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| Fluted Cliffs and Amphitheater Valleys |
37
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| Drowned Valleys and Sinking Coasts |
38
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| Tsunamis |
39
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| Wind, Waves, and Beaches |
40
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| Coral Reefs |
42
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| Dunes |
44
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| KAUA'I |
47
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| HI 56 and HI 560 (Kuhio Highway): Lihu'e - Princeville - Ha'ena |
51
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| Wailua Falls |
52
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| Na Pali Coast |
60
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| HI 50 (Kaumuali'i Highway): Lihu'e - Hanapepe - Barking Sands |
61
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| The Po'ipu Area |
62
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| HI 550 (Waimea Canyon Drive): Waimea - Pu'u o Kila Overlook |
67
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| Ni'ihau Island Viewed from Koke'e Road |
72
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| O'AHU |
74
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| Geology Around Honolulu |
79
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| H-3: Pearl Harbor - Mokapu |
85
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| HI 63 (Likelike Highway): Midtown Honolulu - Kane'ohe Bay |
87
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| HI 61 (Pali Highway): Honolulu - Kailua |
87
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| HI 72 (Kalaniana'ole Highway): Honolulu - Koko Rift - Waimanalo |
89
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| Koko Crater Botanical Garden |
94
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| HI 83 (Kamehameha Highway): Kane'ohe Bay - Hale'iwa |
95
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| He'eia State Park |
97
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| HI 930 to Ka'ena Point |
101
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| HI 93 via H-1 (Farrington Highway): Waipahu - Wai'anae - Keawa'ula Bay Beach |
102
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| MOLOKAI |
108
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| HI 450 (Kamehameha V Highway): Kaunakakai - Halawa Valley |
112
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| HI 460 (Maunaloa Road): Kaunakakai - Maunaloa |
118
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| Maunaloa to Hale o Lono Harbor |
120
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| Kaluako'i Road: HI 460 - Papohaku Beach |
122
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| HI 470 (Kala'e Highway): HI 460 - Kalaupapa Overlook |
127
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| HI 480 (Farrington Avenue): Kualapu'u - Mo'omomi Sand Dunes |
129
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| Molokai Forest Reserve Road: HI 460 - Waikolu Valley Lookout |
132
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| LANA'I |
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| HI 440 (Manele Road): Lana'i City - Manele Harbor |
137
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| Munro Trail |
138
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| HI 430 (Keomoku Highway): Lana'i City - Shipwreck Beach and Keomoku |
140
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| Koloiki Ridge Trail |
140
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| Polihua Road: Lana'i City - Keahikawelo (Garden of the Gods) |
145
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| HI 440: Lana'i City - Kaumalapa'u Harbor |
146
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| MAUI |
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| 'Iao Valley Road: Wailuku - 'Iao Needle |
151
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| HI 30: Kahului - Lahaina |
155
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| HI 30 and HI 340: Lahaina - Wailuku via Windward West Maui |
160
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| South Maui (Kihei/Wailea/Makena): Ma'alaea - La Perouse Monument |
165
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| HI 36, HI 360, and HI 31: Kahului - Hana - Kipahulu Visitor Center - Kaupo - 'Ulupalakua |
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| Kaho'olawe Island |
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| HI 378 (Haleakala Crater Road): HI 377 - Haleakala National Park |
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| HAWAI'I ISLAND |
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| KA'U, KONA, AND KOHALA REGIONS |
196
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| HI 11: Kailua-Kona - South Point Road |
196
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| HI 160 to Kealakekua and Honaunau Bays |
199
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| Kahuku Unit of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park |
204
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| South Point (Ka Lae) |
204
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| HI 19 (Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway): Kailua-Kona - Kawaihae |
206
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| Kekaha Kai State Beach |
208
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| HI 190 (Mamalahoa Highway): Kailua-Kona - Waimea |
211
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| HI 270 ('Akoni Pule Highway): Kawaihae - Hawi - Pololu Valley Lookout |
217
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| HI 250 (Kohala Mountain Road): Hawi - Waimea |
221
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| HAMAKUA AND HILO REGIONS |
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| Mana Road: Waimea - Humu'ula Saddle |
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| HI 19: Waimea - Hilo |
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| Waipi'o Valley |
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| Laupahoehoe Point |
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| Pepe'ekeo Scenic Drive |
230
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| The Hilo Area |
230
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| Wailuku River Gorge |
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| Kaumana Caves |
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| HI 200 (Saddle Road): Hilo - HI 190 |
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| Pu'u Huluhulu |
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| Mauna Kea Access Road: Saddle Road - Summit |
247
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| Lake Waiau |
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| Mauna Loa Observatory Road |
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| PUNA DISTRICT AND KILAUEA |
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| HI 130: Kea'au - Pahoa - Kalapana |
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| The 2018 Kilauea Eruption |
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| HI 137: Kalapana - Isaac Hale Beach Park |
267
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| HI 132: Pahoa - Kapoho |
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| Nanawale Sand Hills via Government Beach Road |
272
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| HI 11: Hilo - Volcano Village - Wai'ohinu |
273
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| Tree Molds along Mauna Loa Road |
276
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| Ka'u Desert Trail |
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| Wai'ohinu and the 1868 Earthquake |
281
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| HAWAI'I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK |
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| Sulphur Banks Trail |
285
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| Steam Vents, Kilauea Overlook, and Uekahuna Bluff |
286
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| Crater Rim Drive: Visitor Center - Chain of Craters Road |
287
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| Chain of Craters Road |
291
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| Hilina Pali Road |
293
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| Mauna Ulu and Napau Trail |
296
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| Mauna Ulu to Coast |
298
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| Glossary |
302
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| Recommended Further Reading |
308
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| Index |
310
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