HAWAIIAN VOLCANIC AGGREGATES

HAWAII IS A VOLCANIC ISLAND THAT IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF BEING BUILT UP. RECENT LAVA FLOWS CAN BE OBSERVED SIDE BY SIDE WITH ANCIENT FLOWS AND ALSO ONE ON TOP OF ANOTHER. VARYING CONDITIONS AT TIME OF ERUPTION GIVE RISE TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ERUPTED MATERIAL SUCH AS LAVA ROCK, CINDERS, ASH, ETC. VARIATIONS IN CLIMATE AND RAINFALL CAUSE DIFFERENCES IN WEATHERING AND SOIL FORMATION. VARIOUS TYPES OF VOLVANIC MATERIAL FOUND IN HAWAII AND THEIR USE AS AGGREGATES AND MATERIAL FOR HIGHWAY BUILDING ARE DESCRIBED. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/29/29-013.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 29, pp 236-245, 1 FIG, 1 TAB, 9 PHOT, 7 REF. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • HIRASHIMA, K B
• Publication Date: 1950

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. December 13-16, 1949.
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 29
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Climate; Rainfall; Road construction; Volcanic aggregates; Volcanic rock; Weathering
• Old TRIS Terms: Lava; Soil formation
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00217873
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 25 1971 12:00AM