Field Mapping At Kilauea East Rift Geothermal Area (Thomas, 1986)

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

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Exploration Activity: Field Mapping At Kilauea East Rift Geothermal Area (Thomas, 1986)

Exploration Activity Details
Location	Kilauea East Rift Geothermal Area
Exploration Technique	Field Mapping
Activity Date	1978 - 1986
Usefulness	useful
DOE-funding	Unknown

Exploration Basis

This study was conducted as part of the Geothermal Resources Assessment Program initiated in 1979

Notes

Geologic mapping was done along the East Rift Zone; detailed historic lava flows were mapped as well as developed structural models of the rift. Locations and progressions of recorded eruptive cycles and fissures and faulting on the eastern flank of the Kilauea shield were also mapped. The model developed shows a rift zone composed of a series of parallel to subparallel, steeply dipping dikes which have migrated southward as the rift system has formed.

References

• Donald M. Thomas (1 January 1986) Geothermal Resources Assessment In Hawaii