Hawaiian Volcanoes / / Clarence E. Dutton, William R. Halliday.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
• VerfasserIn: Dutton, Clarence E.,; Halliday, William R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2023]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 25 illus.

Hawaiian Volcanoes, written by Clarence E. Dutton as part of the 1883 Annual Report of the U.S. Geological Survey, is the first comprehensive study of volcanism in Hawai‘i. In addition to being of both scientific and historical interest today, it is a fine example of natural history writing. It takes the form of an entrancing nineteenth-century "roadside geology" of the Big Island and much of Maui, combining Dutton's clear, elegant writing style with his eye for color and line and meticulously accurate observations of Hawai‘i's people and landscape, as well as its geological phenomena. A new foreword discusses the importance of Dutton's ground-breaking report and its influence on subsequent research on Hawai‘i's volcanoes. The present volume also includes a colorful biographical sketch of Dutton, a discussion of his assignment to Hawai‘i, and a list of his principal writings.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- I. Geography of the Hawaiian Islands -- II. A Journey to Kilauea -- III. Kilauea -- IV. Purlieus of Kilauea -- V. Mauna Loa -- VI. Through Puna to Hilo -- VII. From Hilo to Mauna Kea -- VIII. Mauna Kea -- IX. Hamakua—Kohala—Hualalai -- X. Kona—Eruption of 1868 -- XII. Maui -- XIII. Oahu -- Appendix A. Dutton's Assignment to Hawai'i -- Appendix B. Biographical Sketch of Clarence Edward Dutton -- Appendix C. Principal Writings of Clarence Edward Dutton