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Moku‘aweoweo caldera, at the summit of Mauna Loa - CALDERAS, MAGMA CHAMBERS, AND THE TRANSITION OF A HAWAIIAN VOLCANO FROM YOUTHFUL VIGOR TO MIDDLE AGE.

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1 Moku‘aweoweo caldera, at the summit of Mauna Loa - CALDERAS, MAGMA CHAMBERS, AND THE TRANSITION OF A HAWAIIAN VOLCANO FROM YOUTHFUL VIGOR TO MIDDLE AGE

2 Kilauea caldera: - Complex caldera- boundary faults, and Halema‘uma‘u, (H) an intra-caldera pit crater 1954 lava flow H

3 Magma chamber processes, as long as there is sufficient supply to keep the magma chamber from solidifying

4 Complex migration of the center of inflation prior to an eruption in 1967. During the ensuing eruption, the deflation pattern was not a reverse of the inflation pattern. Fiske & Kinoshita (1969)

5 The cumulative “collapse” profile of the Kilauea caldera since 1823 is funnel-shaped rather than piston shaped.

6 ~5 km Vertical air photo of Moku‘aweoweo, the summit caldera of Mauna Loa. Note flows truncated by caldera margin. -

7 Ryan et al. (1882)

8 Rift zones on O‘ahu are identified most easily by mapping dike swarms. Wai‘anae rift zone axes and caldera Ko‘olau rift zone axes and caldera

9 Savaii (Samoa) has very prominent rift zones marked by scoria cones

10 Karthala volcano on Grand Comoro (about 1/2-way between Mozambique and Madagascar) is the volcano most similar to Hawaiian volcanoes with respect to rift zones and a caldera

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12 Mauna Loa, viewed from Kilauea -

13 Hawai‘i, viewed from Maui Mauna LoaMauna Kea Kohala Hualalai -

14 Mauna Kea, viewed from Hilo airport.

15 Mauna Kea, viewed from Mauna Loa solidified magma chamber erupting magma makes the whole journey w/o stopping erupting lava has all it’s original gas content and has cooled

16 -volcano moves off hotspot -magma production declines -alkalic composition of magma -magma chamber solidifies -Hualalai, Mauna Kea -

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