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Preliminary Analyses of Volcanic Hazards at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaiʻi, 2017–2018

Open-File Report 2020-1002
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20201002

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Abstract

From 2017 to 2018, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) responded to ongoing and changing eruptions at Kīlauea Volcano as part of its mission to monitor volcanic processes, issue warnings of dangerous activity, and assess volcanic hazards. To formalize short-term hazards assessments—and, in some cases, issue prognoses for future activity—and make results discoverable to both the public and the authorities, HVO released reports online. These reports were published rapidly, received peer review under the USGS’s Fundamental Science Practice guidelines, and were intended to address a focused question posed by one or more cooperating agencies—for this reason, they were called “cooperator reports.” This Open-File Report concatenates four such products issued in 2017 and 2018 into a single publication. These reports have been reformatted and lightly edited for clarity, but the content has not otherwise been changed from the versions first publicly released.

Suggested Citation

Neal, C.A., and Anderson, K.R., 2020, Preliminary analyses of volcanic hazards at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, 2017–2018: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2020–1002, 34 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20201002.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter A. Preliminary Analysis of Hazards at the Kamokuna Ocean Entry
  • Chapter B. Preliminary Analysis of Current Explosion Hazards at the Summit of Kīlauea Volcano
  • Chapter C. Volcanic Hazard at the Summit of Kīlauea; June 29, 2018, Update
  • Chapter D. Preliminary Analysis of the Ongoing Lower East Rift Zone Eruption of Kīlauea Volcano—Fissure 8 Prognosis and Ongoing Hazards

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Preliminary analyses of volcanic hazards at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, 2017–2018
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2020-1002
DOI 10.3133/ofr20201002
Year Published 2020
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Volcano Science Center
Description iv, 34 p.
Country United States
State Hawaii
Other Geospatial Kīlauea Volcano
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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