The 2008–2018 summit lava lake at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i

doi:10.3133/pp1867

The 2008–2018 Summit Lava Lake at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i

Professional Paper 1867

Edited by: Matthew R. Patrick, Tim R. Orr, Don Swanson, and Bruce F. Houghton

https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1867

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Chapters:

Chapter A : Kīlauea’s 2008–2018 Summit Lava Lake—Chronology and Eruption Insights

Chapter B : Views of a Century of Activity at Kīlauea Caldera—A Visual Essay

Chapter C : Crater Growth and Lava-Lake Dynamics Revealed Through Multitemporal Terrestrial Lidar Scanning at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaiʻi

Chapter E : Patterns of Bubble Bursting and Weak Explosive Activity in an Active Lava Lake—Halema‘uma‘u, Kīlauea, 2015

Chapter F : Groundwater Dynamics at Kīlauea Volcano and Vicinity, Hawaiʻi

Chapter G : A Decade of Geodetic Change at Kīlauea’s Summit— Observations, Interpretations, and Unanswered Questions from Studies of the 2008–2018 Halema‘uma‘u Eruption

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Abstract

The 2008–2018 lava lake at the summit of Kīlauea marked the longest sustained period of lava lake activity at the summit in decades and provided a new opportunity for observing and understanding lava lake behavior. The individual chapters of this Professional Paper volume cover the basic chronology of the eruption, rich historical background, observations and measurements of lake activity, hydrological setting, as well as geophysical and other monitoring data that tracked the activity.

The primary focus of this Professional Paper is the 2008–2018 lava lake activity, ending with the draining of the lake in May 2018. The 2018 summit collapse events that followed the lake draining, and which dramatically altered the topography of the summit region, are published elsewhere.

As this volume was published online in January 2021, a new lava lake had just formed in Halemaʻumaʻu. This new activity is further testament to the dynamic nature of Halemaʻumaʻu and the proclivity for lava lake activity at the summit of Kīlauea.

Suggested Citation

Patrick, M., Orr, T., Swanson, D., and Houghton, B., eds., The 2008–2018 summit lava lake at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1867, variously paged, https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1867.

ISSN: 2330-7102 (online)

Additional publication details
Publication type	Report
Publication Subtype	USGS Numbered Series
Title	The 2008–2018 summit lava lake at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i
Series title	Professional Paper
Series number	1867
DOI	10.3133/pp1867
Year Published	2021
Language	English
Publisher	U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location	Reston, VA
Contributing office(s)	Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Description	Multi-Chaptered report
Online Only (Y/N)	Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N)	Y
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