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Maui north coast |
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Location:
Location of sample, geographic areaNorth coast of Maui (Hawaii), along coast road to Hana, mouth of a gorge to a short (few hundred meters) beach
Depositional facies:
Facies/area of depositionHighly energetic beach
Provenance:
Provenance of the sand, description of sedimentation route.... Hot-spot basalt
Composition:
Composition of the sand, mineralogy, ecc.Fine grained basalt. Plagioclase needles (microlithic structure) and clinopyroxenes swim in a hyaline, isotropic matrix
Petrographic thin section:
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