The 2018 eruption of Kīlauea: Insights, puzzles, and opportunities for volcano science
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
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Abstract
The science of volcanology advances disproportionately during exceptionally large or well-observed eruptions. The 2018 eruption of Kīlauea Volcano (Hawai‘i) was its most impactful in centuries, involving an outpouring of more than one cubic kilometer of basalt, a magnitude 7 flank earthquake, and the volcano’s largest summit collapse since at least the nineteenth century. Eruptive activity was documented in detail, yielding new insights into large caldera-rift eruptions; the geometry of a shallow magma storage-transport system and its interaction with rift zone tectonics; mechanisms of basaltic tephra-producing explosions; caldera collapse mechanics; and the dynamics of fissure eruptions and high-volume lava flows. Insights are broadly applicable to a range of volcanic systems and should reduce risk from future eruptions. Multidisciplinary collaboration will be required to fully leverage the diversity of monitoring data to address many of the most important outstanding questions.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | The 2018 eruption of Kīlauea: Insights, puzzles, and opportunities for volcano science |
| Series title | Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev-earth-031621-075925 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Year Published | 2023 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews |
| Contributing office(s) | Geologic Hazards Science Center, Volcano Science Center |
| Description | 39 p. |
| First page | 1.1 |
| Last page | 1.39 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Hawai‘i |
| Other Geospatial | Kīlauea Volcano |
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