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Deformation of  Kılauea Volcano, Hawai‘i
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Kilauea Volcano Hawaii
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Inflation Deflation Cycles
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1975 Kalapana Earthquake Aftershocks
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1975 Tsunami
  • Tsunami data require ~1 meter of uplift offshore (Ma, Kanamori and Satake, JGR 1999.)
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Kilauea Flank Models
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Volcano Deformation Monitoring
  • GPS


  • InSAR


  • Strain/Tilt
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GPS Campaign Surveys
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Permanent or Continuous GPS


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GPS Signals:   Code vs Carrier Phase
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Position Determination
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Kilauea Flank Motion
  • Mobile south flank
  • Stable north of ERZ



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Seismic Evidence for Decollement
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Kinematic Model of Flank Motion
  • Slip on decollement between volcanic pile and Cretaceous oceanic crust.
  • Opening of deep rift zone, below depths of ~ 3- 4 km.




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Slip on Decollement & Deep Rift Opening
  • Owen et al, 2000
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Slip on Decollement & Deep Rift
  • Owen et al, 2000
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Fit to Campaign GPS Data
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Results From Camaign GPS
  • Central south flank displacing seaward at high rate (5-10 cm/yr)


  • North of East Rift zone is stable. Evidence for episodic deformation on Mauna Loa south flank


  • Kilauea data can be fit with slip on a decollement and dilation within the deeper (z> 3 km) upper east rift zone.


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Kilauea Silent Earthquake
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Depth of Slow Slip?
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Four Slow Earthquakes
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Four Slow Earthquakes
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Four Slow Earthquakes
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Four Slow Earthquakes
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Four Slow Earthquakes
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Seismicity Accompanying Slow Slip
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Microearthquake Locations
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Microearthquakes not the source of surface deformation
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Earthquake Relocations
  • Relocations of 2005 events relative to Hansen et al. (2004)
    • Nov. 1999 to June 2000
    • 29 extra stations
    • 345 events
    • Simultaneous relocation and tomographic inversion

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Relocated Earthquakes
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Fault Slip History From GPS Observables
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Source History and Fit to Independent Tilt and Strain Data
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Predicted Seismicity Rate Change
Following Dieterich (1994)
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Fit to Seismicity
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Location of Slip Surface Consistent with Triggering Earthquakes
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8km Deep Fault Fits GPS Data
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Slow Slip Events Conclusions
  • Microseismicity accompanies slow slip events.


  • Earthquakes lag slow slip consistent with triggering by stress transfer.


  • Relocated “coshocks” constrain the depth of slow slip event to base of the volcano.


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Possible explanation for transient slip behavior
  • Slow slip events may be occurring in transitional domain between portions of south flank that exhibit stick slip and offshore region that slips stably.



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Continuous GPS velocities
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Continuous GPS Displacements
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January 30, 1997 Eruption
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January 30, 1997 Eruption
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Intrusion caused by rift extension
  • Decollement  and deep rift opening cause extension of rift allowing passive intrusion.
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Deformation preceded eruption by ~8 hours
  • Owen, et al, GRL 2000
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Temporal Evolution of Dike Intrusion
  • Segall, et al, JGR 2001
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Coupled magma chamber  dike system
  • Drawing from J.Johnson, HVO website
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Themes