Hualālai Southwest Rift Zone
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Hualālai Southwest Rift Zone is a volcanic fissure system on the western side of Hawaii’s Hualālai volcano, characterized by aligned vents, lava flows, and cones that mark one of the volcano’s primary zones of eruptive activity.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
volcanic fissure system
ⓘ
volcanic rift zone ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hawaiian hotspot
ⓘ
Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dominantMagmaType |
alkalic basalt
ⓘ
tholeiitic basalt ⓘ |
| eruptionDistribution | focuses much of Hualālai’s flank eruptions ⓘ |
| eruptionFrequencyRelativeToSummit | higher than summit region of Hualālai in late Holocene ⓘ |
| eruptionStyle |
Strombolian to Hawaiian
ⓘ
primarily effusive ⓘ |
| formsPartOf | Hualālai rift system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAgeRangeOfLavas |
Holocene
ⓘ
Late Pleistocene to Holocene ⓘ |
| hasEruptiveProduct |
pāhoehoe lava
ⓘ
ʻaʻā lava ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalFeature |
aligned vents
ⓘ
cinder cones ⓘ fissure vents ⓘ lava flows ⓘ spatter cones ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalActivity | yes ⓘ |
| hasMorphology |
linear vent alignment
ⓘ
monogenetic cones ⓘ |
| hasSubaerialExpression | yes ⓘ |
| hasSubmarineExtension | likely ⓘ |
| hasTopographicExpression | chains of cones and fissures ⓘ |
| hazardType |
lava flow inundation
ⓘ
tephra fall ⓘ volcanic gas emission ⓘ |
| hostVolcano | Hualālai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influences | coastal geomorphology of west Hawaii Island ⓘ |
| isOneOfPrimaryRiftZonesOf | Hualālai volcano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPrimaryEruptiveZoneOf | Hualālai volcano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lastMajorEruptionsCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hawaii Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State of Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedOn |
west flank of Hualālai volcano
ⓘ
western side of Hawaii Island ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Geological Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySettlementImpactRisk | Kona district communities ⓘ |
| orientation | southwest-trending ⓘ |
| partOf | Hualālai volcano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | intraplate hotspot volcano ⓘ |
| trendRelativeToCoastline | roughly parallel to Kona coast ⓘ |
| volcanicFieldType | rift-fed cone and flow field ⓘ |
| volcanoTypeOfHost | shield volcano ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.