Glen Miyashiro
September 2nd, 2004, 11:16 AM
In this article (http://starbulletin.com/2004/09/02/news/story4.html) the Honolulu Star-Bulletin talks about UH Mānoa researchers who believe that tsunamis caused by giant landslides off the shoulders of the Hawaiian islands have left deposits of washed-up coral debris more than a thousand feet above sea level. (Here's the abstract (http://www.gsajournals.org/gsaonline/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1130%2FG20642.1) from their actual journal article.)
Who knows... one day Kīlauea might slough off a big chunk too, like the Mauna Loa, East Moloka'i, and Ko'olau volcanoes did in the distant past. Surf's up -- way up!!
Who knows... one day Kīlauea might slough off a big chunk too, like the Mauna Loa, East Moloka'i, and Ko'olau volcanoes did in the distant past. Surf's up -- way up!!