. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. Geology. Figure 1.—One of the Rifts in the Kau Desert near the Kilauean Sink Tile rift stretches in a soutliwesterly directiou, seaward, witli a downward displacement of 7 feet on the north side. Pahoehoe lava underlies the 10-foot ash bed and the deep fissures are in the lict FtK L'.—This Fissire opened in ISfiS near Pahala, in Kau View looking toward Kapapala. Into the fissure, which is about 80 feet in width and 40 feet in depth, the pahoehoe lava has trickled in a few small tongues only, although the flow covers the coun- try for a qu
. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. Geology. Figure 1.—One of the Rifts in the Kau Desert near the Kilauean Sink Tile rift stretches in a soutliwesterly directiou, seaward, witli a downward displacement of 7 feet on the north side. Pahoehoe lava underlies the 10-foot ash bed and the deep fissures are in the lict FtK L'.—This Fissire opened in ISfiS near Pahala, in Kau View looking toward Kapapala. Into the fissure, which is about 80 feet in width and 40 feet in depth, the pahoehoe lava has trickled in a few small tongues only, although the flow covers the coun- try for a quarter of a mile on either side of the opening. The fissure opened as the flow was cooling. VOLCANIC PHENOMENA IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Geological Society of America. [New York : The Society]
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