Site: Ha'atuatua

Island: Nuku Hiva       Lithology: Volcanic high island ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

Lithology and Age: Cenozoic mafic volcanic rocks ( Chorlton (2007) )       Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 4031033       Wikidata ID: None       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Marquesas Wikidata ID: Q172697

Northern Marquesas group Wikidata ID: Q136002421

Nuku Hiva Island Wikidata ID: Q21064

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Fabrics:

None (0) Minor (1) Few (2) Common (3) Frequent (4) Major (5) Very Dominant (6)
0% 0-5% 5-15% 15-30 % 30-50% 50-70% 70-100%

Name Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
tpr171 0 5 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 microphaneritic, felsitic, microlitic, siltstone, tectonite, chert
Rewa Delta orogen 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Fiji

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_108_1 tpr171 (Rewa Delta orogen) 0 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 microphaneritic, felsitic, microlitic, siltstone, tectonite, chert
WD_108_2 tpr171 (Rewa Delta orogen) 0 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 microphaneritic, felsitic, microlitic, siltstone, tectonite, chert

WD_108_1

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Sherd MNI-23b from Ha'atuatua (Nuku Hiva). Slide WD_108_1 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Exotic Marquesan sherd. Poorly sorted, subrounded to subangular, fine- to coarse-grained sand temper of probable fluvial origin.


WD_108_2

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Sherd 85-1271 from Ha'atuatua (Nuku Hiva). Slide WD_108_2 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Exotic Marquesan sherd. Poorly sorted, subrounded to subangular, fine- to coarse-grained sand temper of probable fluvial origin.


References:

120 Nuku Hiva, Marquesas 1995 (Dickinson, W.)

142 Nasilai, Rewa Delta, Viti Levu, Fiji 1997 (Dickinson, W.)

172 Natunuku Viti Lefu, Fiji (Dickinson, W.)

176 Karobo, Viti Levu, Fiji, 1998 (Dickinson, W.)

188 Viti Levu, Fiji, 1999 (Dickinson, W.)