Northeast Rift Zone

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The Northeast Rift Zone is a major volcanic fissure system on Mauna Loa’s flank from which many of the volcano’s historic lava flows have erupted.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fissure system
volcanic rift zone
associatedVolcano Mauna Loa
composition tholeiitic basalt
eruptionFrequency historically active
eruptionProduct basaltic lava flows
eruptionStyle Hawaiian-style lava fountaining
fissure eruption
eruptionType effusive eruptions
fedBy Mauna Loa magma system
forms linear chain of vents and fissures
geologicFeatureOf Mauna Loa volcanic edifice
hasRole major source of Mauna Loa historic lava flows
hazardTo communities on the Island of Hawaiʻi
hazardType lava flow hazard
locatedIn Hawaiʻi (island)
surface form: Hawaiʻi

Hawaiʻi (island)
surface form: Island of Hawaiʻi

United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedOn flank of Mauna Loa
monitoredBy Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
United States Geological Survey
surface form: U.S. Geological Survey
orientation northeast-trending
partOf Mauna Loa
tectonicSetting intraplate hotspot volcano
volcanoType shield volcano flank feature

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Mauna Loa hasFeature Northeast Rift Zone
Long Mountain hasFlank Northeast Rift Zone
subject surface form: Mauna Loa