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Electron microprobe analyses of glasses from Kīlauea tephra units, Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii

May 28, 2014

This report presents approximately 2,100 glass analyses from three tephra units of Kīlauea Volcano: the Keanakākoʻi Tephra, the Kulanaokuaiki Tephra, and the Pāhala Ash. It also includes some new analyses obtained as part of a re-evaluation of the MgO contents of glasses in two of the three original datasets; this re-evaluation was conducted to improve the consistency of glass MgO contents among the three datasets. The glass data are a principal focus of Helz and others (in press), which will appear in the AGU Monograph Hawaiian Volcanoes—From Source to Surface. The report is intended to support this publication, in addition to making the data available to the scientific community.

Publication Year 2014
Title Electron microprobe analyses of glasses from Kīlauea tephra units, Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii
DOI 10.3133/ofr20141090
Authors Rosalind L. Helz, David A. Clague, Larry G. Mastin, Timothy R. Rose
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 2014-1090
Index ID ofr20141090
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Volcano Hazards Program