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The historic events at Kilauea Volcano in 2018: summit collapse, rift zone eruption, and Mw6.9 earthquake

Of the landmark eruptions of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii, of the past 200 years, the 2018 activity is among the most significant. The 4-month eruption extruded over 1 km3 of lava, surpassed in the past 200 years at Kīlauea only by the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō eruption. In addition to the scale of the eruption, the 2018 activity stands out for its societal impacts; the LERZ eruption has the unfortunate distinction of being the most destructive eruption in Hawai‘i in the past 200 years The studies in this special issue address a wide range of topics related to the 2018 eruption, including geophysical and geochemical observations, physical volcanology and hazards and risks.

Editors

  • Matthew Patrick

    Matthew Patrick is a geologist with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, United States Geological Survey, conducting research and monitoring of active eruptions.

  • Ingrid Johanson

    Ingrid Johanson is a research geophysicist at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. She is an expert in using GPS, as well as satellite radar data (InSAR), to measure motion of the ground surface in response to geologic events such as earthquakes and magma movement.

  • Thomas Shea

    Thomas Shea is Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaii and studies the products from both explosive and effusive volcanism, using field, laboratory, experimental and analytical techniques to link volcanic deposits to magma storage, ascent, fragmentation, and ash transport, in order to understand the behavioral patterns and timescales of volcanic phenomena.

  • Greg Waite

    Greg Waite is a Professor at Michigan Tech, who uses seismology to study the Earth over a range of scales from the crust to the upper mantle. His research integrates seismology with other geophysical and geological techniques to develop models for active processes in the crust and upper mantle.

Articles (13 in this collection)