"Pit Craters", lava tubes, and open vertical volcanic conduits in Hawaii: a problem in terminology

Almost from the 1849 publication of the term pit crater, volcanologists have disagreed about the parameters differentiating these features from other vertical volcanic structures. Kaluaiki is a jameo giving entry to Thurston Lava Tube in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Long-standing misidentificatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: William R. Halliday
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of South Florida Libraries 1998-01-01
Series:International Journal of Speleology
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Online Access:http://www.ijs.speleo.it/pdf/9.81.27_HallidayPitCraters.pdf