Category Archives: 2003 Hawaii

Thom Wilch and Beth and Tim Lincoln led 11 students (participant list. pdf )to Hawaii in March 2003 for the Regional Field Geology class trip (Itinerary).  The trip began in Honolulu with visits to local tuff cones, including Hanauma Bay … Continue reading →

This website focuses on the coastal geology of Hawaii, and more specifically on the Beaches, Reefs, Landslides and Shoreline Features. We need to start out by looking at the importance of the ocean to the islands of Hawaii.  Geologically the … Continue reading →

Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea By: Jeremy Gouldey and Karen LaFlair Photo taken by Tim Lincoln Introduction The Geology Department at Albion College organized a regional field trip to Hawaii from March 5th to March 14th 2003.  Three professors, Thom … Continue reading →

Text Sources: http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/hazards/ http://www.nps.gov/havo/visitor/lava.htm The Hawaii Volcano Observatory (a geologic organization dedicated to facilitating the monitoring of the volcanoes on Hawaii) and the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park give extensive warning of the hazards caused by the volcanic activity in Hawaii. … Continue reading →

Lava is what makes Hawaii famous, and probably the reason why most of us signed up for this class. There are only a few places you can travel in the world and see molten rock ooze past you, and it … Continue reading →

Photo by Tim Lincoln Lava.  It’s one of the most unstoppable forces on Earth – an intense, gluttonous mass that devours anything in its path.  Magma – lava that has yet to surface – is the main source of the … Continue reading →

Pu’u O’o on October 3, 1997. This is the vent at the site where current eruptions are occuring. Pierrehttp://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/kilauea/kilauea.html Facts about Kilauea Volcano Location   19.425 N 155.292 W Elevation above sea level   4,190 ft Area 552 mi2 (13.7% of Hawai`i) … Continue reading →

The Pu’u Loa petroglyphs mark a spot sacred to the native Hawaiians.  Many Hawaiians came to this place on the flanks of Kilauea hoping to insure their children a long life by placing a segment of their umbilical cord in … Continue reading →

The Koa’e Fault zone intersects at the east rift zone by Hi’iaki and Pauahi craters.  This is where the fault changes direction from the southeast to the east-northeast. The Kao’e fault scarp (the farthest northern fault in the picture) is … Continue reading →

Lava wash comes from fast moving lava flowing downhill and finding the fastest route to the bottom of the hill.  It leaves a channel resembling that of a stream.  In some of the pictures you can actually see where the … Continue reading →