Whole-rock analyses of core samples from the 1988 drilling of Kilauea Iki lava lake, Hawaii
Open-File Report
2010-1093
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Abstract
This report presents and evaluates 64 major-element analyses of previously unanalyzed Kilauea Iki drill core, plus three samples from the 1959 and 1960 eruptions of Kilauea, obtained by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis during the period 1992 to 1995. All earlier major-element analyses of Kilauea Iki core, obtained by classical (gravimetric) analysis, were reported and evaluated in Helz and others (1994). In order to assess how well the newer data compare with this earlier suite of analyses, a subset of 24 samples, which had been analyzed by classical analysis, was reanalyzed using the XRF technique; those results are presented and evaluated in this report also. The XRF analyses have not been published previously. This report also provides an overview of how the chemical variations observed in these new data fit in with the chemical zonation patterns and petrologic processes inferred in earlier studies of Kilauea Iki.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Whole-rock analyses of core samples from the 1988 drilling of Kilauea Iki lava lake, Hawaii |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2010-1093 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr20101093 |
| Year Published | 2010 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | U.S. Geological Survey National Center |
| Description | iv, 29 p.; Tables |
| Time Range Start | 1988-01-01 |
| Time Range End | 1988-12-31 |
| State | Hawai'i |
| Other Geospatial | Kilauea Iki Lava Lake |
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