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Description: Excerpt from figure 16 of U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 963, "Displacement of the south flank of Kilauea volcano", 1976, by Donald A. Swanson, Wendell A. Duffield, and Richard S. Fiske. Simplified cross-section through the Kilauea (gray) and Mauna Loa volcanoes, showing 1) how each volcano lies on the flank of the older volcanoes, and 2) the low-angle slopes typical of shield volcanoes. Elevation in kilometers, with no vertical exaggeration.
Title: Kilauea cross-section pp963
Credit: http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0963/report.pdf
Author: From a work by Donald A. Swanson, Wendell A. Duffield, and Richard S. Fiske; specific creator not identified.
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