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Geology and ground-water resources of the islands of Lanai and Kahoolawe, Hawaii
ScholarSpace at University of Hawaii at Manoa
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Geology and ground-water resources of the islands of Lanai and Kahoolawe, Hawaii |
| Creator | Stearns, Harold T. |
| Subject | groundwater geology Lanai Kahoolawe Hawaii Geology--Hawaii--Lanai Groundwater--Hawaii--Lanai Water-supply--Hawaii--Lanai Geology--Hawaii--Kahoolawe Groundwater--Hawaii--Kahoolawe Water-supply--Hawaii--Kahoolawe Geology--Hawaii Groundwater--Hawaii Water-supply--Hawaii Geology Groundwater Water-supply |
| Description | Includes illustrations, tables, diagrams frontispiece, plates, and map. Lanai lies 59 miles southeast of Honolulu, Oahu, has an area of 141 square miles, and is 3,370 feet high. (See fig. 1 and pl. 1.) The island produces pineapples and cattle. The surface above about 1,200 feet is generally covered with lateritic soil, which reaches 50 feet. Below this level the island is partly devoid of vegetation and is strewn with boulders, the result of having been once submerged by the ocean to this depth. Traces of various emerged and submerged shore lines are described,... |
| Date | 2017-12-06T23:58:23Z 2017-12-06T23:58:23Z 1940 |
| Type | Text Report |
| Identifier | Stearns, H.T., 1940, Geology and ground-water resources of the islands of Lanai and Kahoolawe, Hawaii: Hawaii (Terr.) Division of Hydrography Bulletin 6, p. 177 p. (pt. 1, Geology and ground-water resources of Lanai, p. 1-115; pt. 2, Geology and ground-water resources of Kahoolawe, p. 117-173); 1 folded map in pocket (scale 1:62,500). Macdonald, G.A., 1940, Petrography [of Lanai Island, Hawaii], Hawaii (Terr.) Division of Hydrography Bulletin 6: Geology and ground-water resources of the islands of Lanai and Kahoolawe, Hawaii, p. 61-63; 1 folded map in pocket (scale 1:62,500). Macdonald, G.A., 1940, Petrography of Kahoolawe [Hawaii], in Stearns, H.T., ed., Hawaii (Terr.) Division of Hydrography Bulletin 6: Geology and ground-water resources of the Islands of Lanai and Kahoolawe, Hawaii, p. 149-173. Swartz, J.H., 1940, Geophysical investigations on Lanai, in Stearns, H.T., ed., Hawaii (Terr.) Division of Hydrography Bulletin 6: Geology and ground-water resources of the islands of Lanai and Kahoolawe, Hawaii, p. 97-115; 1 folded map in pocket (scale 1:62,500). http://hdl.handle.net/10125/50778 |
| Language | en-US |
| Relation | http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/53396 Hawaii (Territory) Dept. of public lands. Division of hydrography. Bulletin 6 Bulletin (Hawaii. Division of Hydrography) ; 6 USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project, Hawaii |
| Format | 207 pages application/pdf |
| Publisher | Advertiser Publishing Co., Ltd. |
