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Wright et al. 1968

Wright, T.L., Kinoshita, W.T. and Peck, D.L. (1968). March 1965 eruption of Kilauea volcano and the formation of Makaopuhi lava lake. Journal of Geophysical Research 73(10): 3,181-3,205.

From March 5 to 15, 1965, Kilauea volcano erupted over 15 million cu m of tholeiitic basalt along the upper east rift zone between Makaopuhi and Kalalua craters. A pond of basalt 83 m deep was left in the west pit of Makaopuhi crater. The eruption was preceded by inflation of the Kilauea summit and was accompanied by collapse of the summit. Seismic activity was exceptionally low in the months preceding the eruption and during the eruption. Amplitude of harmonic tremor correlates with the rate of fountaining during the eruption. Temperatures of the erupted lavas have been estimated at 1190 degrees -1200 degrees C. The erupted lavas were olivine-poor tholeiitic basalts. Lavas erupted at successively later times down rift are shown to be differentiated from lavas erupted at Makaopuhi crater by removal of olivine, clinopyroxene, and minor plagioclase during transport in the rift zone.

Keywords
1965; East Pacific Ocean Islands; Hawaii; Hawaii County Hawaii;, Hawaii Island; Kilauea; lava; Makaopuhi lava lake; March 1965, eruption; Oceania; Polynesia; temperature; United States;, volcanoes; volcanology, 24, Quaternary geology

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