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Kauai: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: USGS Publications Warehouse - Kauai (PDF). Feb 20, 2026
Add new Web site: USGS - Geology and ground-water resources of the island of Kauai, Hawaii. Jul 05, 2025
Add new Web site: USGS Publications Warehouse - Kauai (PDF). May 09, 2025
Map added. Oct 27, 2023
Add new Web site: The Department of Physics at the University of Toronto - The Hall Effect. Sep 11, 2023
Add new Web site: Kaua'i Historical Society - Ka moolelo o kauaʻi – The Story of Kauaʻi. May 26, 2023
Photograph of Kauai Museum added. Nov 17, 2011
Article thoroughly revised. Nov 17, 2011
Added photograph. Aug 25, 2011
Media added. May 19, 2008
Added new Web site: Ainakumuwai - Island Formation. Dec 20, 2007
Article revised. Jul 22, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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