Hawaii scientific drilling protect: Summary of preliminary results
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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 |
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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 |
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