Site: Ponamla

Island: Erromango       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: 2135194       Wikidata ID: None       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Tafea Province Wikidata ID: Q576417

Erromango Island Wikidata ID: Q859646

Vanuatu Wikidata ID: Q686


Volcanoes:

Traitor's Head: Basalt / Picro-Basalt, Composite type, Stratovolcano.

William: , Composite type, Stratovolcano.

Pumpan: , Composite type, Stratovolcano.

Melkum: , Composite type, Stratovolcano(es).

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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
tpr220 2 0 2 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, lathwork, microlitic
Erromango pyroxenic 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Vanuatu
tpr222a 0 0 1 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 na
Erromango olivine beach 0 0 1 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Vanuatu

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_57_1 tpr220 (Erromango pyroxenic) Erromango Post-Lapita Erromango and Aneityum (2800 - 2000 BP) 0 0 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, lathwork, microlitic
WD_57_4 tpr222a (Erromango olivine beach) Erromango Western Lapita (3000 - 2500 BP) 0 0 1 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 na

WD_57_1

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Sherd 61-1 from Ponamla (Erromango). Slide WD_57_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) with higher exposure. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Plagioclase-poor and pyroxene rich temper. Non-Lapita sherd. Stream origin.


WD_57_4

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Sherd 61-4 from Ponamla (Erromango). Slide WD_57_4 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.

Lapita sherd, beach origin.


References:

147 Erromango, Vanuatu, 1998 (see 177) (Dickinson, W.)

170 Erromango, Vanuatu, Nendo, Santa Cruz group, 1998 (see 177) (Dickinson, W.)

177 Erromango, Vanuatu, correction to 147 and 170, 1998 (Dickinson, W.)