Research: Publications: Current

Recent papers related to geohazards published by members of the center (bold face) are listed below. Some papers are available as PDF files.

 

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

• 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

• Valentine GA, Gregg TKP (2008) Continental basaltic volcanoes – processes and problems.  Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 177, 857-873, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.01.050

• Valentine, G. A., and T.K.P. Gregg, 2008, Continental basaltic volcanoes — Processes and problems. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 177: 857–873.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.