PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Emerson, J. S. TI - Kilauea after the eruption of March, 1886. I. Communication to Prof. W.D. Aleander. Surveyor general of the Hawaiian Islands: on observation in Kilauea made between March 24th and April 24th, 1886 AID - 10.2475/ajs.s3-33.194.87 DP - 1887 Feb 01 TA - American Journal of Science PG - 87--95 VI - s3-33 IP - 194 4099 - http://www.ajsonline.org/content/s3-33/194/87.short 4100 - http://www.ajsonline.org/content/s3-33/194/87.full SO - Am J Sci1887 Feb 01; s3-33 AB - Emerson describes Kilauea caldera between March 24 and April 14, 1886, following the subsidence of March 1886; the paper is accompanied by a map (plate 1). Halemaumau was a great empty pit, 900 ft below Volcano House, with a smaller pit in its center. Before the collapse, lava in Halemaumau rose 1 ft per day, decreasing to .4 ft per day. This paper is followed by van Slyke, 1887.