U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OPEN-FILE REPORT 2007-1089

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SHEET 3 of 8
158˚17′30″ 158˚15′ 158˚07′30″ 158˚00′ 157˚52′30″ 157˚45′ 157˚37′30″ Pamphlet accompanies map
21˚45′
21˚45′

CORRELATION OF MAP UNITS Approximate age, in Polarity

millions of years* Chrons
[Boxes without color show ages of correlative stratigraphic
SURFICIAL DEPOSITS COMMON TO SEVERAL OF THE ISLANDS formations on adjacent islands not depicted on this map] (nonlinear scale)
0
Qf

Holocene
Qa Qbd Qdy Qld Qlg Qls Qtc

0.011

Qdo
Brunhes Normal-
Qcrs Qcbc Polarity Chron

QUATERNARY
Qt

VOLCANIC AND INTRUSIVE ROCKS AND SPARSE INTERBEDDED SEDIMENTARY BEDS

Qokl Qokt Qoks Qotl Qott

Honolulu Volcanics
0.150
Pleistocene

Kalaupapa
Volcanics
QTao
Qol Qov Qobr Qot

0.78 0.78
QTkdc 0.988
1.072

Ki‘ek‘ie Basalt
1.173
21˚37′30″ 1.185

West Moloka‘i Volcanics

21˚37′30″

Kōloa Volcanics
QTkdc

East Moloka‘i
Matuyama Reversed-

Volcanics
Qbd Qa 1.778 Polarity Chron
QTkdc 1.81 1.945
2

Ko‘olau Basalt
2.128
2.148
Qcrs QTkl QTkt QTkdc QTki QTkkl QTkkdc QTkkbr
Qbd
QTkdc
Qa 2.58

Qcrs Talel Talev Talec

Qbd 3.032 Gauss Normal-
3.116 Polarity Chron
Qcrs
QTkdc West Moloka‘i East Moloka‘i 3.207
Tapl Tapv Tai volcano volcano 3.330
Qcrs Qdo QTkl
Takl 3.60
Takmk TERTIARY

Volcanics
Wai‘anae
QTao Pliocene
Talec Takl Takv Takbr
Tapl Takil Takiv
Qa Talel
Tapv Tall Talv 4.187
Qcrs 4.300
Talev
Qa

Waimea Canyon Basalt

4.493
Talel QTkl 4.631
Ko‘olau volcano Wai‘anae volcano 4.799
Gilbert Reversed-
Polarity Chron
QTao 4.896

Pānī‘au Basalt
QTao 4.997
5.235
5.33
Qcrs
Takl Miocene
QTkdc Normal polarity (shaded) and reversed
QTkl polarity (white) shown for subchrons
QTkl Qbd through end of Gilbert time
QTao Kaua‘i 6.03
Talev Ni‘ihau volcano
*Time scale from Gradstein and others (2006)
Talel
QTao
QTao volcano
Tapl 21˚30′
Takbr
21˚30′ 21˚30′
NI‘IHAU KAUA‘I O‘AHU MOLOKA‘I
Takl QTao Qa
Tall
?
Qdo
Kolekole
Tapl
Talel Pass LIST OF MAP UNITS ON SHEET 3 (THIS MAP)
Takiv Qol
Takbr Talec Qot See explanatory pamphlet for complete descriptions
Takl QTkdc SURFICIAL DEPOSITS COMMON TO SEVERAL OF THE ISLANDS Disconformity
Takil
Mauna Takiv QTkl
Kūwale Takil QTkl Qot Qf Fill (Holocene) Ko‘olau Basalt (Pleistocene(?) and Pliocene)—Divided into:
Qcrs Takmk Lualualei Qbd Qa
QTao Qov Qa Alluvium (Holocene) QTkl Lava flows
Takl
Valley
Qcrs Qbd Beach deposits (Holocene) QTkt Vitric and lithic tuff
Takbr Tapl Qf
QTao Qa Qdy Younger dune deposits (Holocene) QTkdc Dike complex
Qa
Takil
Qcrs
Qdo Older dune deposits (Holocene and Pleistocene) QTki Intrusive rocks
Qbd
QTkkl
Tapl Qcrs Calcareous reef rock and marine sediment (Pleistocene) Kailua Member—Divided into:
Takl
Qbd Talev
Qot
QTao Older alluvium (Pleistocene and Pliocene) QTkkl Lava flows
Takbr
Tall
Tall Qcrs Conformable and interbedded to disconformable QTkkdc Dike complex within Kailua Member
Qcrs Qdy
Tall QTkkdc VOLCANIC AND INTRUSIVE ROCKS ON THE ISLAND OF O‘AHU QTkkbr Breccia deposits
Talv Talev
Talel Qf QTkbr Honolulu Volcanics (Pleistocene)—Divided into: Conformable, possibly interbedded
Qov

Deposits from Koko fissure system—Consists of: Wai‘anae Volcanics (Pliocene)—Divided into:
Qol 21˚22′30″
21˚22′30″ Talel Qokl Lava flows Kolekole Member—Divided into:
Takl
Qf
Q Tkl Qokt Tuff Talel Lava flows
Qobr

Nu
Talev Qdy
QTkkdc Qoks Spatter Talev Vent deposits
Qot

‘u
Tolel QTao Qf Qdo

an
Deposits from Tantalus Peak and Sugar Loaf vents—Consists of: Talec Debris flows

u
P Qotl Lava Flows Pālehua Member—Divided into:
Qotl ali Qokt
Talel
Qobr Qott Tuff Tapl Lava flows
Qa
QTao
Qcrs Qokt Qol Lava flows Tapv Vent deposits
Qokl
Qcrs Qol
Qov
QTkt Qov Cinder vent deposits Kamaile‘unu Member—Divided into:
Qol QTkt Qokl
Qbd Qol Qott Qoks
Qobr Breccia Takl Lava flows
Qot Qoks
Qf
Qot Tuff cone deposits Takv Vent deposits
Qokl
Qotl Takbr Breccia
Qbd

Takmk Mauna Kūwale Rhyodacite Flow

Qoks
Qf Takil Icelandite lava flows
Qokl
Qcrs Takiv Icelandite vent deposits

Qdo Qokt Lualualei Member—Divided into:

MAP
Qot LOCATION
PR
IN C
I PA
Tall Lava flows
L
HA
W
21˚15′ AI
IA
N
Talv Vent deposits
IS
21˚15′ LA
ND
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Tai Intrusive rocks

Geologic linework in Universal Transverse Mercator SCALE 1:100 000 Geology of Ko‘olau Range and many island-wide Contact—Approximately located
0 4 8 12 KILOMETERS
projection, North American datum 1983, zone 4 sedimentary units from Stearns (1939). Digital
Topographic base and bounding latitude-longitude ticks from compilation by K.M. Brunt, D.R. Sherrod, and S.E. Fault—Dashed where approximately located; dotted where concealed; queried where
U.S. Geological Survey, Honolulu County, year of publication PLANIMETRIC BASE; NO TOPOGRAPHIC DEPICTION Watkins. Fitting to modern topographic base by D.R. extent uncertain
unspecified. Universal Transverse Mercator projection, Sherrod and S.E. Watkins, 2004
zone 4, International spheroid Volcanic geology in Wai‘anae Range by J.M. Sinton, Dike—Showing trend of intrusions in units Tai and QTki. Depiction partly schematic
1980-2004. Compiled into digital version by D.R.
Base, intended for visual reference only, is fitted to owing to exposure mostly in cliffs
Geologic Map of the State of Hawai‘i, Sheet 3—Island of O‘ahu
Sherrod, 2004
GIS-based coastline by inspection

By
David R. Sherrod, John M. Sinton, Sarah E. Watkins, and Kelly M. Brunt
2007 Available on World Wide Web at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1089/