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Volcanism in Hawaii

Papers to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Edited by Robert W. Decker, Thomas L. Wright, and Peter H. Stauffer

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VOLUME I

PHYSIOGRAPHY, TECTONICS, AND SUBMARINE GEOLOGY

• Chapter 1. (42.5 MB) The Hawaiian-Emperor volcanic chain
  • Part I. Geologic evolution, by David A Clague and G. Brent Dalrymple
    
  • Part II. Stratigraphic framework of volcanic rocks of the Hawaiian Islands, by Virginia A.M. Langenheim and David A Clague
• Chapter 2. (7.7 MB) Subsidence of the Hawaiian Ridge, by James G. Moore
• Chapter 3. (1.9 MB) Slopes of the Hawaiian Ridge, by Robert K. Mark and James G. Moore
• Chapter 4. (8.7 MB) Submarine topography around the Hawaiian Islands, by Daniel J. Fomari and J. Frisbee Campbell
• Chapter 5. (4.1 MB) The geomorphic and structural development of Hawaiian submarine rift zones, by Daniel J. Fomari
• Chapter 6. (5.8 MB) Geology of the summit of Loihi submarine volcano, by Alexander Malahoff
  

GEOLDGY OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII

• Chapter 7. (22 MB) Geologic history and evolution of geologic concepts, Island of Hawaii, by Donald W. Peterson and Richard B. Moore
• Chapter 8. (7.4 MB) Hawaii: The view from space, by George E. Ulrich, Peter J. Mouginis-Mark, and Jo-Ann Bowell
  
• Chapter 9. (1.2 MB) Effects of volcanic emanations on carbon-isotope content of modern plants near Kilauea Volcano, by Meyer Rubin, John P. Lockwood, and Irving Friedman
• Chapter 10. (9.5 MB) Hawaiian radiocarbon dates, by Meyer Rubin, Lea Kelley Gargulinski, and John P. McGeehin
• Chapter 11. (11.8 MB) Stratigraphy of Kilauea Volcano, by R. Michael Easton
  
• Chapter 12. (45.2 MB) Eruptive history and long-term behavior of Kilauea Volcano, by Robin T. Holcomb
• Chapter 13. (13.8 MB) Stratigraphy and petrology of the Uwekahuna Bluff section, Kilauea caldera, by Thomas J. Casadevall and Daniel Dzurisin
• Chapter 14. (13.1 MB) Intrusive rocks of Kilauea caldera, by Thomas J. Casadevall and Daniel Dzurisin
  
• Chapter 15. (2.6 MB) An early 19th century reticulite pumice from Kilauea Volcano, by Robert P. Sharp, Daniel Dzurisin, and Michael C. Malin
• Chapter 16. (32 MB) The 1972-1974 Mauna Ulu eruption, Kilauea Volcano: An example of quasi steady-state magma transfer, by Robert J. Tilling, Robert L. Christiansen, Wendell A. Duffield, Elliott T. Endo, Robin T. Holcomb, Robert Y. Koyanagi, Donald W. Peterson, and John D. Unger
• Chapter 17. (14 MB) The Puu Oo eruption of Kilauea Volcano, episodes 1-20, January 3, 1983, to June 8, 1984, by Edward W. Wolfe, Michael 0. Garcia, Dallas B. Jackson, Robert Y. Koyanagi, Christina A. Neal, and Arnold T. Okamura
• Chapter 18. (15.3 MB) Holocene eruptive history of Mauna Loa Volcano, by John P. Lockwood and Peter W Lipman
• Chapter 19. (19.2 MB) Mauna Loa 1974-1984: A decade of intrusive and extrusive activity, by John P. Lockwood, John J. Dvorak, Thomas T. English, Robert Y. Koyanagi, Arnold T. Okamura, Marjorie L. Summers, and Wilfred R. Tanigawa
• Chapter 20. (10.8 MB) Hualalai Volcano: A preliminary summary of geologic, petrologic, and geophysical data, by Richard B. Moore, David A. Clague, Meyer Rubin, and Wendy A. Bohrson
• Chapter 21. (7 MB) Pleistocene subglacial eruptions on Mauna Kea, by Stephen C. Porter
• Chapter 22. (17 MB) Volcanic hazards in the Hawaiian Islands

PETROGENESIS AND VOLCANIC GASES

• Chapter 23. (10.3 MB) Recent advances in Hawaiian petrology and geochemistry, by Thomas L. Wight and Rosalind T. Helz
• Chapter 24. (13.7 MB) Trace-element chemistry of Kilauea and Mauna Loa lava in space and time: A reconnaissance, by Robert J. Tilling, Thomas L. Wright, and Hugh T. Millard, Jr.
• Chapter 25. (14 MB) Diverse olivine types in lava of the 1959 eruption of Kilauea Volcano and their bearing on eruption dynamics, by Rosalind Tuthill Helz
• Chapter 26. (7.3 MB) Origin of the West Maui volcanic rocks inferred from Pb, Sr, and Nd isotopes and a multicomponent model for oceanic basalts, by Mitsunobu Tatsumoto, Ernst Hegner, and Daniel M. Unruh
• Chapter 27. (6.1 MB) Constraints on the characteristics of magma sources for Hawaiian volcanoes based on noble-gas systematics, by lchiro Kaneoka
  
• Chapter 28. (6 MB) Hawaiian eruptive gases, by L. Paul Greenland
• Chapter 29. (5.3 MB) SO2 and CO2 emission rates at Kilauea Volcano, 1979-1984, by Thomas J. Casadevall, J. Barry Stokes, L. Paul Greenland, Lawrence L. Malinconico, John R. Casadevall, and Bruce T. Furukawa
• Chapter 30. (5.3 MB) Composition of gases from the 1984 eruption of Mauna Loa Volcano, by L. Paul Greenland
• Chapter 31. (4 MB) Sulfur and carbon abundances in Hawaiian tholeiite lavas: 1972-1975 eruptions of Kilauea and 1975 eruption of Mauna Loa, by Karen J. Franczyk, Everett K. Gibson, Jr., and Robert J. Tilling
• Chapter 32. (1 MB) Variation of 8 13C in fumarolic gases from Kilauea Volcano, by Irving Friedman, Jim Gleason, and Trevor Jackson
• Chapter 33. (3.4 MB) Helium at Kilauea Volcano
  • Part I. Spatial and temporal variations at Sulphur Bank, by Irving Friedman and G. Michael Reimer
  • Part II. Distribution in the summit region, by G. Michael Reimer
• Chapter 34. (2.2 MB) Use of satellite telemetry for monitoring active volcanoes, with a case study of a gas-emission event at Kilauea Volcano, December 1982, by Kenneth A McGee, A. Jefferson Sutton, and Motoaki Sato
• Chapter 35. (5.1 MB) Hawaiian volcanoes and the biogeology of mercury, by Barbara Z. Siegel and Sanford M. Siegel

VOLUME 2

STRUCTURE

• Chapter 36. (10.4 MB) Hawaiian volcanic features: A photoglossary, by Taeko Jane Takahashi and Jim D. Griggs
• Chapter 37. (3.2 MB) Geophysical constraints on the structure of Kilauea and Mauna Loa Volcanoes and some implications for seismomagmatic processes, by David P. Hill and John J. Zucca
• Chapter 38. (4.7 MB) Seismic structure and tectonics of Kilauea Volcano, by Clifford H. Thurber
• Chapter 39. (5.7 MB) Aeromagnetic and near-surface electrical expression of the Kilauea and Mauna Loa volcanic rift systems, by Vincent J. Flanigan and Carl L. Long
• Chapter 40. (3.8 MB) Regional self-potential anomalies at Kilauea Volcano, by Dallas B. Jackson and James Kauahikaua
• Chapter 41. (12.1 MB) The dike complex of Koolau Volcano, Oahu: Internal structure of a Hawaiian rift zone, by George P. L. Walker

DYNAMICS

• Chapter 42. (12.3 MB) Dynamics of Hawaiian volcanoes: An overview, by Robert W. Decker
• Chapter 43. (38.6 MB) The seismicity of Kilauea's magma system, by Fred W Klein, Robert Y. Koyanagi, Jennifer S. Nakata, and Wilfred R. Tarugawa
• Chapter 44. (26.7 MB) Structural damage and ground failures from the November 16, 1983, Kaoiki earthquake, Island of Hawaii, by Jane M. Buchanan-Banks
• Chapter 45. (32 MB) Origin of volcanic tremor in Hawaii
  • Part I. Data from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory 1969-1985, by Robert Y. Koyanagi , Bernard Chouet, and Keiiti Aki
  • Part II. Theory and discussion, by Bernard Chouet, Robert Y. Koyanagi, and Keiiti Aki
• Chapter 46. (5.1 MB) A hydraulic model to explain variations in summit tilt rate at Kilauea and Mauna Loa Volcanoes, by John J. Dvorak and Arnold T. Okamura
• Chapter 47. (4.5 MB) Elastic and inelastic magma storage at Kilauea Volcano, by Daniel J. Johnson
• Chapter 48. (15.2 MB) Cycling of magma between the summit reservoir and Kilauea Iki lava lake during the 1959 eruption of Kilauea Volcano, by Jerry P. Eaton, Donald H. Richter, and Harold L. Krivoy
• Chapter 49. (3 MB) Tidal effects on Hawaiian volcanism, by Daisuke Shimozuru
• Chapter 50. (5.9 MB) Geoelectric character of Kilauea Iki lava lake crust, by Lennart A. Anderson
• Chapter 51. (18.2 MB) Uniqueness of volcanic systems, by Herbert R. Shaw
• Chapter 52. (29.6 MB) Elasticity and contractancy of Hawaiian olivine tholeiite and its role in the stability and structural evolution of sub-caldera magma reservoirs and rift systems, by Michael P. Ryan
• Chapter 53. (8.7 MB) Origins of blade-like dikes in volcanic rift zones, by Allan M. Rubin and David D. Pollard
• Chapter 54. (7.2 MB) Heat and mass transport in the east-rift-zone magma conduit of Kilauea Volcano, by Harry C. Hardee
• Chapter 55. (5.6 MB) Conceptual models of brine evolution in magmatic-hydrothermal systems, by Robert O. Fournier
• Chapter 56. (8.1 MB) A geochemical model of the Kilauea east rift zone, by Donald Thomas
• Chapter 57. (13.1 MB) Aa flow dynamics, Mauna Loa 1984, by Peter W Lipman and Norman G. Banks
• Chapter 58. (5.3 MB) Preliminary estimates of the rheological properties of 1984 Mauna Loa lava, by Henry J. Moore
• Chapter 59. (13.8 MB) The role of lava tubes in Hawaiian volcanoes, by Ronald Greeley

HISTORY OF INVESTIGATIONS OF HAWAIIAN VOLCANISM

• Chapter 60. (10.3 MB) James D. Dana and the origins of Hawaiian volcanology: The U.S. Exploring Expedition in Hawaii, 1840-41, by Daniel E. Appleman
• Chapter 61. (19.8 MB) Thomas A. Jaggar, Jr., and the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, by Russell A. Apple
• Chapter 62. (10.9 MB) Staff of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, 1912-present, Compiled by Taeko Jane Takahashi and Thomas L. Wright

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