Part C
Hawaiian Volcanoes
The large basaltic shield volcanoes of Hawaii have formed over the past few million years as the Pacific plate overrides a fixed columns of hot, rising mantle or mantle plume. Hawaii is home to the single largest mountain on Earth, Mauna Loa, which rises over 30,000 feet from the sea floor to its summit. Let's take a closer look at the geology of this famous island.
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Figure 7-4. The big island of Hawaii. A view from the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1985 (left), and a geologic map of the eastern portion of the island (right). |
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Answer Quiz Me! questions C31 through C40 using the Geologic Map of the Island of Hawaii / Sheet 2 of 3 - Kilauea (see the PDF link below).
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Geologic Map of the Island of Hawaii / Sheet 2 of 3 - Kilauea |
Map Scale
Index Map
List of Map Units
Correlation of Map Units
Geologic Map