Research: Publications
Recent papers related to geohazards published by members of the center (bold face) are listed below. Click on the article title for the PDF version of the article.
2009
- Valentine GA, Hirano N (in press) Mechanisms of low-flux intraplate volcanic fields – Basin and Range (North America) and Northwest Pacific Ocean. Geology
- Valentine GA, Perry FV (2009) Volcanic risk assessment at Yucca Mountain (Nevada, USA). In: Volcanism, Tectonism, and Siting Nuclear Facilities (Connor C, Connor L, Chapman N,
eds), Cambridge University Press, in press.
2008
- K. Dalbey, A. K. Patra, E. B. Pitman, M. I. Bursik, M. F. Sheridan (2008), Input uncertainty propagation methods and hazard mapping of geophysical mass flows, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 113, B05203, doi:10.1029/2006JB004471
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Bin Yu, Keith Dalbey, Amy Webb, Marcus Bursik, Abani Patra, E. Bruce Pitman, Camil Nichita (2008), Numerical issues in computing inundation areas over natural terrains using Savage-Hutter theory, Natural Hazards, Vol. 50, No. 2, 249-267, DOI 10.1007/s11069-008-9336-1
- Dartevelle S, Valentine GA (2008) Multiphase magmatic flows at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Journal of Geophysical Research 113, B12209, doi:10.1029/2007JB005367
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Valentine, G. A., and T.K.P. Gregg, 2008, Continental basaltic volcanoes — Processes and problems. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 177: 857–873.
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Keating, G. N., Valentine, G. A., Krier, D. J., and Perry, F. V., 2008, Shallow plumbing systems for small-volume basaltic volcanoes, Bull Volcanol, 70:563–582.
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Keating, G. N., Pelletier, J. D., Valentine, G. A., and Statham, W., 2008, Evaluating suitability of a tephra dispersal model as part of a risk assessment framework, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 177: 397–404.
- Burt, D.M., Knauth, L.P., Wohletz, K.H., and Sheridan, M.F., 2008, Surge deposit misidentification at Spor Mountain, Utah and elsewhere: A cautionary message for Mars, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research xxx (2008) xxx-xxx.
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Macías, J.L., Capra, L., Arce, J.L., Espíndola, J.M., García-Palomo, A., Sheridan, M.F., 2008, Hazard map of El Chichón volcano, Chiapas, México: Constraints posed by eruptive history and computer simulations, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research xxx (2008) xxx-xxx.
- G. Terejanu, P. Singla, T. Singh, and P. D. Scott, "Uncertainty Propagation for Nonlinear Dynamical Systems using Gaussian Mixture Models," AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 31, No. 6, 1623-1633, Nov. 2008.
2007
- Iovine, G., Di Gregorio, S., and Sheridan, M.F., 2007, editors, Modelling and simulation of dangerous phenomena for hazard mapping, Environmental Modelling and Software
- Hubbard, B. E, Sheridan, M. F.,Carrasco-Núñez, G., Díaz-Castellón, R.,Rodríguez, S., 2007, Comparative lahar hazard mapping at Volcan Citlaltepetl, Mexico using SRTM, ASTER and DTED-1 Digital Topography, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research,
- Lube, G., Cronin, S.J., Platz, T., Freundt, A., Procter, J.N., Henderson. C., and Sheridan, M.F., 2007, Flow and deposition of pyroclastic granular flows: a type example from the 1975 Ngauruhoe eruption, New Zealand, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 161:165-186.
- Dartevelle, S. and Valentine, G. A., 2007, Transient multiphase processes during the explosive eruption of basalt through a geothermal borehole (Námafjall, Iceland, 1977) and implications for natural volcanic flows, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 262 (2007) 363–384.
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Gaffney E.S., Damjanac B., and Valentine G.A., 2007, Localization of volcanic activity: 2. Effects of pre-existing structure, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 263: 323-338, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.09.002.
- Valentine, G.A., Keating, G.N., 2007, Eruptive styles and inferences about plumbing systems at Hidden Cone and Little Black Peak scoria cone volcanoes (Nevada, U.S.A.). Bulletin of Volcanology, 70:105-113, doi:10.1007/s00445-007-0123-8.
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Valentine, G.,A., and Perry, F.V., 2007, Tectonically controlled, time-predictable basaltic volcanism from a lithospheric mantle source (central Basin and Range Province, USA). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 261:201-216, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.06.029.
2006
- Iovine, G., Di Gregorio, S., and Sheridan, M.F., 2006, editors, Hazard Evaluation and Mapping through Modeling and Simulations, in Computational Geosciences, 10(2).
- Stinton, A.J., Sheridan, M.F., Patra, A., Dalbey, K. and Namikawa L., 2006, Incorporation of variable bed friction into Titan2D mass-flow model: Application to Little Tahoma Peak avalanche (Washington), Acta Vulcanologica, 16(1-2): 153-163.
- Mastrolorenzo, G., Petrone, P. Pappalardo, L., and Sheridan, M.F., 2006, The Avellino 3780 yr B.P. Catastrophe as a Worst-case Scenario for a Future Eruption at Vesuvius, Proc. National Academy of Science, 103: 4366-4370.
- Carrasco-Núñez, G., Díaz-Castellón, R., Siebert, L., Hubbard, B., Sheridan, M. F., Rodríguez, S., 2006, Multiple edifice-collapse events in the Eastern Mexican Volcanic Belt: The role of sloping substrate and implications for hazard assessment, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 158 (1-2): 151-176.
- Patra, A. K., Nichita, C. C., Bauer, A. C., Pitman, E. B., Bursik, M., and Sheridan, M.F., 2006, Parallel Adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Approximation for thin layer avalanche modeling, Computers & Geosciences, 32(7): 912-926.
- Renschler, C.S., 2006, Spatial and Temporal Model Validation: Representing Landscape Properties and Processes across Scales. iEMSs 2006 - International Environmental Modeling Software Society. Burlington, Vermont.
- Csatho, B.M., C. Ping, L.R. Everett, J.M. Kimble, G. Michaelson and C. Tremper, 2006, Characterizing frozen ground with multisensor remote sensing. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract C13A-01. (pdf)
- Briner, J.P., Michelutti, N., Francis, D.R., Miller, G.H., Axford, Y., Wooller, M.J., and Wolfe, A.P., 2006,. A multi-proxy lacustrine record of Holocene climate change on northeastern Baffin Island. Quaternary Research 65, 431-442.
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Cassidy, N. J., and Calder, E. S., 2006, GPR-Derived Characterisation of Pyroclastic Flow Deposits, Lascar Volcano, Chile. 11th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, June 19-22, Columbus Ohio, USA.
- Valentine, G.A., and Perry, F.V., 2006, Decreasing magmatic footprints of individual volcanoes in a waning basaltic field, Geophysical Research Letters, 33: L14305, doi:10.1029/2006GL026743.
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Valentine, G.A., Perry, F.V., Krier D., Keating, G.N., Kelley, R.E., Cogbill, A.H., 2006, Small-volume basaltic volcanoes: eruptive products and processes, and post-eruptive geomorphic evolution in Crater Flat (Pleistocene), southern Nevada, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 118: 1313-1330 doi:10.1130/B25956.1.
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Valentine, G.A., Krogh K.E.C., 2006, Emplacement of shallow dikes and sills beneath a small basaltic volcanic center - the role of pre-existing structure (Paiute Ridge, southern Nevada, USA), Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 246: 217-230, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.04.031.
2005
- Pitman, E. B. and Le, L., (2005), A two-fluid model for avalanche and debris flows, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 363(1832), 1573–1601, 2005.
- Sheridan, M.F. and Patra, A.K., 2005, editors, Modeling and Simulation of Geophysical Mass Flows, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 139(1-2).
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Sheridan, M. F., and Wang, Y., 2005, Cooling and welding history of the Bishop Tuff in Adobe Valley and Chidago Canyon, California, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 142 (2005) 119– 144.
- Iovine, G., Sheridan, M.F., and Di Gregorio, S., 2006, editors, Computer Simulation of Natural Phenomena for Hazard Assessment, in Computers & Geosciences, 32.
- Patra, A.K., Bauer, A.C., Nichita, C., Pitman, E. B., Sheridan, M.F, and Bursik, M.I, Rupp, B., Weber, A., Stinton, A.J., Namikawa, L.M., and Renschler, C.S., 2005, Parallel adaptive simulation of dry avalanches over natural terrain. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 139(1-2):1-21.
- Sheridan, M.F., Stinton, A.J., Patra, A.K., Bauer, A.C., Nichita, C.C., and Pitman, E.B, 2005, Evaluating TITAN2D Mass-Flow Model Using the 1963 Little Tahoma Peak avalanches, Mount Rainier, Washington. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 139(1-2):89-102.
- Saucedo, R., Macias, J.L., Sheridan, M.F., Bursik, M.I., and Komorowski, J.C., 2005, Modeling of pyroclastic flows of Colima Volcano, Mexico: Application to hazard assessment. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 139(1-2):103-115.
- Renschler, C.S., 2005, Scales and Uncertainties in volcano hazard prediction – optimizing the use of GIS and models. Journal for Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 139(1-2): 73-87.
- van der Veen, C.J. and B. Csatho, 2005, Spectral characteristics of Greenland lichens. Geographie et Physique Quaternaire, 59(1): 63-73.
- Csatho, B., C.J. van der Veen and C. Tremper, 2005, Trimline mapping from multispectral Landsat ETM+ imagery. Geographie et Physique Quaternaire, 59(1): 49-62.
- Csatho, B., T. Schenk, W. Krabill, T. Wilson, W. Lyons, G. McKenzie, C. Hallams, S. Manizade and T. Paulsen, 2005, Airborne laser scanning for high-resolution mapping of Antarctica. EOS, 86(25): 237-238.
- van der Veen, C.J. and B. Csatho, 2005, Spectral characteristics of Greenland lichens. Geographie et Physique Quaternaire, 59(1): 63-73.
- Briner, J.P., Miller, G.H., Davis, P.T., and Finkel, R., 2005, Cosmogenic exposure dating in arctic glacial landscapes: Implications for the glacial history of northeastern Baffin Island, Arctic Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42: 67-84.
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Dartevelle, S. and Valentine, G. A., 2005 Early-time multiphase interactions between basaltic magma and underground openings at the proposed Yucca Mountain radioactive waste repository, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 32, L22311
- Calder, E.S., Cortes, J.A., Palma, J.L and Luckett, R.,. (2005) Probabilistic analysis of rockfall frequencies during an andesite lava dome eruption: The Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat. Geophysical Research Letters, vol 32, L16309, doi10:1029/2005GL023594.
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Scolamacchia, T., Macías, J. L., Sheridan, M. F., and Hughes, S. R., 2005, Morphology of ash aggregates from wet pyroclastic surges of the 1982 eruption of El Chichón Volcano, Mexico, Bull Volcanol (2005) 68: 171–200
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Valentine, G.A., Krier, D., Perry, F.V., and Heiken, G., 2005, Scoria cone construction mechanisms, Lathrop Wells volcano, southern Nevada, Geology, 33: 629-632, doi:10.1130/G21459.1
2004
- Namikawa, L.M., C.S. Renschler, 2004, Elevation Uncertainty in Digital Elevation Data used for Geophysical Flow Simulation. GeoInfo 2004 edited by Iochpe, C., and Câmara, G. São Paulo, Brazil, November 22-24, 2004. pp. 91-108.
- Saucedo, R., Macias, J. and Bursik, M., 2004, Merapi-type pyroclastic flows of the 1991 eruption of Colima Volcano, Bulletin of Volcanology, 66(4): 291-306.
- Csatho, B., J. Kimble, C. Tremper, L. Everett and Y. Ahn, 2004, Toward mapping soils and geomorphology by remote sensing: an example of multi-sensor data fusion from the Dry Valleys. Antarctic Permafrost Workshop, Madison, WI, November 14-18, 2004. (jpg)
- Calder, E. S., Harris, A., Pena, J.L,Paola et al., 2004, Combined thermal and seismic analysis of the Villarrica volcano lava lake, Chile. Revista Geológica de Chile, 31(2):259-272.
2003
- Renschler, C.S. 2003, Designing geo-spatial interfaces to scale process models: The GeoWEPP approach. Hydrological Processes 17, p. 1005–1017.
Namikawa, L.M., C.S. Renschler, 2003, Dynamic Integrated GIS Enhancement and Support Tools. GeoInfo 2003 edited by Casanova, M.A., and Neto, G.C. São Paulo, Brazil, November 3-5, 2003. 7 p. - Hooper, D., Bursik, M., Webb, F., 2003, Application of high-resolution, interferometric DEMs to geomorphic studies of fault scarps, Fish Lake Valley, Nevada-California, USA, Remote Sensing of Environment, 84(2): 255-267.
- Bursik, M., Martinez-Hackert, B., Delgado, H., Gonzalez-Huesca, A., 2003, A smoothed-particle hydrodynamic automaton of landform degradation by overland flow, Geomorphology, special volume on Integration of Computer Modeling and Field Observations in Geomorphology." Available online, doi:10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00346-X
- Kaufman, D.S., Hu, F.S., Briner, J.P., Werner, A., Finney, B.P., and Gregory-Eaves, I., 2003, A ~33,000 year record of environmental change from Arolik Lake, Ahklun Mountains, Alaska. Journal of Paleolimnology 30: 343-362.
- Spikes, V. B., B. M. Csatho G. S. Hamilton and I. M. Whillans, 2003, Thickness changes on Whillans Ice Stream and Ice Stream C, West Antarctica, derived from laser altimetry measurements. Journal of Glaciology, 49(165): 223-230.
- Spikes, V. B., B. Csatho, and I. Whillans, 2003, Laser profiling over Antarctic ice streams: methods and accuracy. Journal of Glaciology, 49(165): 315-322.
- Valentine, G.A., 2003, Towards integrated natural hazards reduction in urban areas. In Geosciences in the Cities, Heiken G, Fakundiny R, and Sutter J (eds.). American Geophysical Union Special Publication Series Vol. 56, Washington, DC: 63-74.
2002
- Renschler, C.S., J. Harbor, 2002, Soil erosion assessment tools from point to regional scales - The role of geomorphologists in land management research and implementation. Geomorphology, 47:189-209.
- Renschler, C.S., 2002, D.C. Flanagan. Implementing a process-based decision-support tool for natural resource management – the GeoWEPP example. In: Integrated Assessment and Decision Support. iEMSs, 2002 - International Environmental Modeling Software Society Vol. 3 edited by Rizzoli, A.E., and Jakeman, A.J. University of Lugano, Switzerland, June 24-27 2002. pp. 187-192.
- Saucedo, R., Macías, J. L., Bursik, M. I., Mora, J. C. Gavilanes, J. C., and Cortes, A., 2002, Emplacement of pyroclastic flows during the 1998–1999 eruption of Volcán de Colima, México. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 117(1-2): 129-153.
- Woods, A.W., Sparks, R.S.J., Ritchie, L.J., Batey, J., Gladstone, C. and Bursik, M.I., 2002, The explosive decompression of a pressurised volcanic dome: the 26 December 1997 collapse and explosion of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, in The Eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, from 1995 to 1999 (T.H.
- Druitt and B.P. Kokelaar, ed.) Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 21, pp. 457-466.
- Filin, S., and B. Csatho, 2002, Improvement of elevation accuracy for mass balance monitoring using in-flight laser calibration. Annals of Glaciology, 34: 330-334.
- T. H. Druitt, S. R. Young, B. J. Baptie, C. Bonadonna, E. S. Calder, A. B. Clarke, Paul D. Cole, C. L. Harford, R. A. Herd, R. Lockett, G. Ryan, and B. Voight , 2002, Episodes of cyclic vulcanian explosive activity with fountain collapse at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat (in The eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat from 1995 to 1999), Memoir - Geological Society of London, 21: 281-306.
- Calder, E.S., Luckett, R., Sparks, R.S.J. & Voight, B. (2002). Mechanisms of lava dome instability and generation of rockfalls and pyroclastic flows at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat. In: Druitt, T.H. & Kokelaar, B.P. (eds) The eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, from 1995 to 1999. Geological Society, London, Memoir. No 21, p483-516.
2000
- Calder, E.S., Sparks, R.S.J. and Gardeweg, M.C. (2000) Erosion, transport and segregation of lithic clasts in Pyroclastic flows of Lascar Volcano, Chile. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 104, 201-235.
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Calder, E.S., Sparks, R.S.J. and Gardeweg, M.C. (2000) Erosion, transport and segregation of lithic clasts in Pyroclastic flows of Lascar Volcano, Chile. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 104, 201-235.
- Heiken G., Valentine G.A., Brown M., Rasmussen S., George D., Greene R., Jones E.M., Olsen K., and Andersson C., 2000, Modeling Cities – The Los Alamos Urban Security Initiative, Public Works Management and Policy 4: 198-212.
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Espíndola, J. M., Macías, J. L., Tilling, R. I., and Sheridan, M. F., 2000, Volcanic history of El Chichón Volcano (Chiapas, Mexico) during the Holocene, and its impact on human activity, Bull Volcanol (2000) 62 : 90-104.
1999
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Calder, E.S., Cole, P.D., Dade, W.B., Druitt, T.H., Hoblitt, R.P, Huppert, H.E., Ritchie, L., Sparks, R.S.J. and Young, S.R. (1999) Mobility of Pyroclastic flows and surges at the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat. Geophysical Research Letters, 26, 537-540.
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Calder, E.S., Cole, P.D., Dade, W.B., Druitt, T.H., Hoblitt, R.P, Huppert, H.E., Ritchie, L., Sparks, R.S.J. and Young, S.R. (1999) Mobility of Pyroclastic flows and surges at the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat. Geophysical Research Letters, 26, 537-540.
1998
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Cole, P.D., Calder, E.S., Druitt, T.H., Hoblitt, R., Robertson, R., Sparks, R.S.J., Young, S.R. (1998) Pyroclastic flows generated by gravitational instability of the 1996-97 lava dome of Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat. Geophysical Research Letters, 25, 3425-3428.
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Sparks, R.S.J., Young, S.R., Barclay, J., Calder, E.S., Cole, P., Darroux, B., Davies, M.A., Druitt, T.H., Halford, C., Herd, R., James, M., Lejeune, A.M., Norton, G., Skerrit, G., Stasiuk, M.V., Stevens, N.S., Toothill, J., Wadge, G. and Watts, R. (1998) Magma production and growth of the lava dome of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies: November 1995 to December 1997. Geophysical Research Letters, 25, 3421-3424.
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Wadge, G., Jackson, P.A., Woods, A.W., Bower, S.M., and Calder, E.S. (1998) Computer simulations of pyroclastic flows from dome collapse. Geophysical Research Letters, 25, 3677-3680.
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Keating, G.N., and Valentine, G.A, 1998, Proximal stratigraphy and syn-eruptive faulting in rhyolitic Grants Ridge Tuff, New Mexico, USA, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 81: pp. 37-49, doi:10.1016/S0377-0273(97)00075-9
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Valentine, G.A., 1998, Damage to structures by pyroclastic flows and surges, inferred from nuclear weapons effects. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 87: 117-140, doi:10.1016/S0377-0273(98)00094-8
- Valentine, G.A., 1998, Eruption column physics. In From Magma to Tephra: Modeling Physical Processes of Explosive Volcanic Eruptions, (Freundt A, ed), Elsevier, Amsterdam: 91-138.
1997
- Calder, E.S., Sparks, R.S.J., and Woods, A.W. (1997) Dynamics of Co-ignimbrite plumes generated from pyroclastic flows of Mount St. Helens (7 August 1980). Bull. Volcanol 58, 432-440.
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Sparks R.S.J., Gardeweg, M.C., Calder, E.S. and Matthews, S.J. (1997) Erosion by pyroclastic flows on Lascar Volcano, Chile. Bull Volcanol 58, 557-565.
- Baer, E.M., Fisher, R.V., Fuller, M., and Valentine, G., 1997, Turbulent transport and deposition of the Ito pyroclastic flow: Determinations using anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 102, No. B10, 22,565-22,586, October 10, 1997.