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The Hawaii Center for Volcanology was a cooperative effort between the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory of the United States Geological Survey, and the Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes at the University of Hawaii at
(Ma = million years) Map of the Hawaiian Islands and some of the Emperor seamounts showing progression in selected erupted lava ages along the chain (Ma = million years) The Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain is a series of volcanoes and seamounts extending about 6,200 km (3,900 mi) across the Pacific Ocean. [n 1]
The Hawaii Center for Volcanology tested samples recovered by various expeditions, notably the 1978 expedition, which provided 17 dredge samples. Most of the samples were found to be of recent origin; the oldest dated rock is around 300,000 years old.
Janet L. Babb is a geologist from the U.S. Geological Survey who is best known for her work at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. [1] [2] Babb is frequently quoted in the news media as an authority source on Hawaiian volcanology. [3] She was a member of the Hawaii Center for Volcanology during its operation. [4] She retired in 2020 and is now an ...
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) is an agency of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and one of five volcano observatories operating under the USGS Volcano Hazards Program. Based in Hilo, Hawaii , the observatory monitors six Hawaiian volcanoes: Kīlauea , Mauna Loa , Kamaʻehuakanaloa (formerly Lōʻihi), Hualālai , Mauna Kea ...
Jaggar traveled to Hawaii in 1909, where he began fundraising to establish the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO). Jaggar became the first director of HVO in 1912, and remained at HVO until 1940, when he retired and became a research associate in geophysics at the University of Hawaii. Jaggar married twice in his life, and had two children.
Like other Hawaiian volcanoes Koʻolau is a shield volcano that grew through lava flows erupted from a rift system with a central caldera, although a large section of the volcano has sunk below sea level. This volcano constitutes the tholeiitic stage of Hawaiian volcanism, [70] and developed possibly during Miocene to Pleistocene time. [41]
He moved to California in 1984. He established the Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes (CSAV) at the University of Hawaii at Hilo in 1989. He was president of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI, 1975–79). He was married to Joann Stabley from Williamsport, Pennsylvania on June 6, 1950.