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Tephra deposit names: out with the old, in with the new!

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USGS geologist Don Swanson (right) explains Keanakāko‘i Tephra stratigraphy exposed near the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory to scientists who visited Kīlauea during a Geological Society of America field trip in May 2017. USGS photo by T. Neal.