All Articles tagged Pacific Ocean

• Science Paper
  November 16, 2023 EDT
  A Cenozoic Record of Deep Oceanic Zn Isotopic Composition in Ferromanganese Crusts
  Mingyu ZhaoNoah PlanavskyXiangli WangYiyue ZhangJames R. Hein

  A reconstruction on the evolution of deep-ocean δ66Zn values suggests limited δ66Zn shifts and thus limited changes in the extent of organic zinc burial through the Cenozoic.

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• Science Paper
  June 01, 1894 EDT
  A Recent Analysis of Pele’s Hair and a Stalagmite From the Lava Caves of Kilauea
  Alexander Hamilton Phillips

  Phillips presents chemical analyses of a lava stalagmite and Pele9s hair from Kilauea, collected by W. Libbey, Jr. He abandons the theory of formation of lava stalactites by deposition from...

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• Science Paper
  March 01, 1893 EDT
  Kilauea in August, 1892
  Frank S. Dodge

  A comparison, with map and cross sections, of Halemaumau in July 1888 and August 1892. Between July 1888 and March 1891, the broad dome in the caldera was raised 60...

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• Science Paper
  September 01, 1892 EDT
  Kilauea in April, 1892
  Sereno E. Bishop

  A description, with a map and cross section, of Halemaumau on April 13, 1892. Halemaumau contained a flat lava floor 300 ft below its rim, in the center of which...

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• Science Paper
  June 01, 1891 EDT
  On the Recent Eruption of Kilauea
  William Tufts Brigham

  An account of changes at Kilauea caldera during February and March 1891. In February several small lava lakes were present on the broad dome which occupied the caldera floor. The...

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• Science Paper
  June 01, 1889 EDT
  Contributions to the Petrography of the Sandwich Islands
  Edward Salisbury Dana

  Dana describes specimens of lava, including lava stalactites, from Mauna Loa and from Kilauea, collected by J.D. Dana and E.S. Baker. The lavas of Mokuaweoweo and Kilauea are found to...

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• Science Paper
  March 01, 1889 EDT
  On the Origin of the Deep Troughs of the Oceanic Depression; Are Any of Volcanic Origin?
  James Dwight Dana

  Dana presents a bathymetric map of the Pacific Ocean using recent charts of the Hydrographic Department of the United States and Great Britain. He summarizes facts bearing on a volcanic...

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• Science Paper
  February 01, 1889 EDT
  Points in the Geological History of the Islands Maui and Oahu
  James Dwight Dana

  The subjects prominently illustrated by the islands Maui and Oahu are: the conditions of extinct volcanoes in different stages of degradation; the origin of long lines of precipice cutting deeply...

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• Science Paper
  January 01, 1889 EDT
  Recent Observations of Mr. Frank S. Dodge, of the Hawaiian Government Survey, on Halemaumau and Its Debris-Cone
  James Dwight Dana

  A map and profiles (cross-sections) of Halemaumau, by F.S. Dodge in July 1888, together with other observations by Dodge, confirm Dana9s conclusion that the debris cone had been floated upward...

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• Science Paper
  January 01, 1889 EDT
  On an Ascent of Mount Loa [Hawaii]
  W. C. Merritt

  Merritt describes Mokuaweoweo on July 19, 1888. A cone in the southwest corner was fuming, and many small fumaroles were observed, but there was no other activity. The eastern wall...

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• Science Paper
  January 01, 1889 EDT
  Notes on Mount Loa
  E. P. Baker

  The author gives brief notes on the source areas of the eruptions of 1852, 1880, and 1887; the latter was still fuming in July 1888. He postulates that fissures trending...

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• Science Paper
  July 01, 1888 EDT
  On the Summit Crater of Mount Loa in 1880 and 1885
  William Tufts Brigham

  Brigham compares the appearance of Mokuaweoweo on July 28, 1880 with its appearance in 1870. The name Pohaku Hanalei is applied to what we now call “South Pit,” The lava...

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  July 01, 1888 EDT
  On the Summit Crater of Mount Loa in October, 1885
  J. M. Alexander

  Alexander includes a map of Mauna Loa9s summit, which shows Mokuaweoweo as a broad, central pit, with lunate platforms at both ends connected by gaps, the pits now called the...

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• Science Paper
  July 01, 1887 EDT
  Kilauea in 1880
  William Tufts Brigham

  A description of Kilauea caldera on July 25, 1880. The central portion of the floor was a gentle, broad dome 350 ft high, partly formed by lava overflow, but partly...

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• Science Paper
  June 01, 1887 EDT
  History of the Changes in the Mount Loa Craters, on Hawaii
  James Dwight Dana

  This series of articles, and that following, are Dana9s major contribution to the understanding of Hawaii9s active volcanoes, and form the basis for his later summary in book form (Dana,...

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• Science Paper
  February 01, 1887 EDT
  Kilauea After the Eruption of March, 1886. I. Communication to Prof. W.D. Aleander. Surveyor General of the Hawaiian Islands: On Observation in Kilauea Made Between March 24th and April 24th, 1886
  J. S. Emerson

  Emerson describes Kilauea caldera between March 24 and April 14, 1886, following the subsidence of March 1886; the paper is accompanied by a map (plate 1). Halemaumau was a great...

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• Science Paper
  February 01, 1887 EDT
  Kilauea After the Eruption of March, 1886.II. Communication to Prof. W.D. Aleander. Surveyor General of the Hawaian Islands: Observations on Kilauea, in July, 1886
  L. L. Van Slyke

  Van Slyke describes changes in Kilauea caldera following the visit of J.S. Emerson (1887). Where there had formerly been a deep, conical central pit in Halemaumau, the bottom had become...

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  February 01, 1887 EDT
  Kilauea After the Eruption of March, 1886. III. Communication to Prof. W.D. Aleander. Surveyor General of the Hawaian Islands: On the Survey of Kilauea in the Last Week of September and the First of October, 1886
  Frank S. Dodge

  Dodge describes Kilauea caldera in October 1886, comparing its appearance with that described by Emerson (1887) 6 months earlier. The cone of loose blocks observed in Halemaumau in July by...

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• Science Paper
  February 01, 1887 EDT
  Volcanic Action
  James Dwight Dana

  Dana discusses volcanic action in general, with particular reference to Kilauea. He believes Kilauea9s volcanic gases to be largely water vapor, in part based on the lack of effect of...

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  March 01, 1883 EDT
  Recent Exploration of the Volcanic Phenomena of the Hawaiian Islands
  Clarence Edward Dutton

  Dutton describes Kilauea caldera in 1882. The inner pit had been completely filled up, and two lava lakes were active. He gives a good description and a correct explanation of...

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  February 01, 1881 EDT
  Extract From a Report … [on Alaska]
  William Healey Dall

  Contains account of voyage made by the schooner Yukon (author in charge) Aug. 11-Sept. 10, 1880. Observations were made during the northward voyage at Plover Bay on the Siberian coast...

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• Science Paper
  August 01, 1879 EDT
  On the Composition of the Capillary Volcanic Glass of Kilauea, Hawaii, Called Pele’s Hair
  James Dwight Dana

  Dana presents the chemical composition of Pele9s hair from Kilauea, as analyzed by F.J. Allen and O.D. Allen. These analyses supersede one by B. Silliman, Jr., published earlier (Dana, 1849b,...

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• Science Paper
  December 01, 1871 EDT
  On Kilauea and Mauna Loa
  Titus Coan

  In July 1869, Kilauea caldera was very quiet, similar to its condition in July 1868. From April to October, 1870, repeated overflows occurred, and by August 1871, the south lake...

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  January 01, 1870 EDT
  On the Crater of Haleakala, Island of Maui, Hawaiian Group
  W. D. Alexander

  Alexander gives a laymen9s description of Haleakala Crater and its rock formations. He made a map of the crater (not shown in the article). As to the origin of the...

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  January 01, 1869 EDT
  Notes on the Recent Volcanic Disturbances of Hawaii
  Titus Coan

  Coan describes the seismic disturbances and eruptions of 1868, including a thorough description of damage done by the earthquake of April 2, 1868. Aftershocks were still being recorded at the...

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