Island of Hawaiʻi eruptions 2018–present: Profound landscape and human impacts

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Edited by: Nicholas Van Buer and Joshua J. Schwartz

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Abstract

This three-day field trip examines deposits and landscape evolution associated with recent eruptions of Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, Hawai‘i, USA, beginning with the lower East Rift Zone eruption and associated partial caldera collapse during the summer of 2018. As of this writing, there have been five eruptions within Kīlauea’s summit caldera, one eruption in the Southwest Rift Zone of Kīlauea, and several intrusions into the south caldera and Southwest Rift Zone since 2018. For the first time since 1984, Mauna Loa erupted in 2022, with lava flows in the caldera and along the Northeast Rift Zone. Recent eruptions contrast significantly with the preceding period, characterized by Kīlauea’s long-lived East Rift Zone eruption at Pu‘u‘ō‘ō from 1983 to 2018 and sustained lava lake activity at the summit from 2008 to 2018.

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Lundblad, S.P., Gallant, E., Zoeller, M.H., Lynn, K.J., and Flinders, A.F., 2024, Island of Hawaiʻi eruptions 2018–present: Profound landscape and human impacts, in From coastal geomorphology to magmatism: Guides to GSA connects 2024 field trips in southern California and beyond, v. 70, p. 1-25, https://doi.org/10.1130/2024.0070(01).

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Publication type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Title Island of Hawaiʻi eruptions 2018–present: Profound landscape and human impacts
DOI 10.1130/2024.0070(01)
Volume 70
Year Published 2024
Language English
Publisher Geological Society of America
Contributing office(s) Volcano Science Center
Description 25 p.
Larger Work Type Book
Larger Work Subtype Conference publication
Larger Work Title From coastal geomorphology to magmatism: Guides to GSA connects 2024 field trips in southern California and beyond
First page 1
Last page 25
Country United States
State Hawaii
Other Geospatial Island of Hawaii
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