Various publications on Rabaul:

Archbold, M.J., C.O. McKee, B. Talai, J. Mori, and P. Desaintours, 1988, Electronic distance measuring network monitoring during the Rabaul seismicity deformational crisis of 1983-1985. Jour. Geophys. Res. 93(B10): 12123-12136.

Arculus, A., translator, and R.W. Johnson, copiler, 1981, 1937 Rabaul eruptions, Papua New Guinea: Translations of contemporary accounts by German missionaries. Bur. Mineral. Res. Geol. Geophys., Australia, Rep. 229, BMR Microform MF 158, 78pp.

Denatale, G. and F. Pingue, 1993, Ground deformations in collapsed caldera structures. Jour. Volcanol., 57: 19-38.

Denham, D., 1971, Seismicity of the New Guinea/Solomon Islands region, 1967. Bur. Mineral. Res. Geol. Geophys., Australia, Rep. 1971/96: 14pp.

Everingham, I.B., 1975, Faulting associated with the major North Solomon Sea earthquakes of 14 and 26 July 1971. Jour. Geol. Soc. Australia, 22, pt.1, pp. 61-69.

Fisher, N.H., 1957, Catalogue of active volcanoes of the world including solfatara fields, Pt. V, Melanesia. IAVCEI: Rome, 105pp.

Fisher, N.H., 1976, 1941-1942 eruption of Tavurvur Volcano, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, in R.W. Johnson, ed., Volcanism in Australasia. Amsterdam, Elsevier, pp. 201-210.

Greene, H.G., D.L. Tiffin, and C.O. McKee, 1986, Structural deformation and sedimentation in an active caldera, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. Jour. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 30: 327-356.

Heming, R.F., 1974, Geology and petrology of Rabaul caldera, Papua, New Guinea. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 85: 1253-1264.

Heming, R.F. and I.S.E. Carmichael, 1973, High-temperature pumice flows from the Rabaul Caldera, Papua New Guinea. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 38: 1-20.

Johnson, R.W., I.B. Everingham, and R.J.S. Cooke, 1981, Submarine volcanic eruptions in Papua New Guinea: 1878 activity of Vulcan (Rabaul) and other examples, in R.W. Johnson, ed., Cooke-Ravian volume of volcanological papers. Geol. Surv. Papua New Guinea Memoir 10: 167-179.

Johnson, R.W. and N.A. Threlfall, 1985, Volcano town: The 1937-1943 Rabaul eruptions. Bathurst, N.S.W., Robert Brown and Assoc., 151 pp.

Lowenstein, P.L., 1982, Problems of volcanic hazards in Papua New Guinea. Geol. Surv. Papua New Guinea Rep. 82/7, 62pp.

Lowenstein, P.L., 1986, Tidal triggering of volcanic earthquakes during the Rabaul seismic crisis of 1983-1984 (abstract). Abstracts, Int. Volcanol. Congr., New Zealand, p. 255.

McKee, C.O., 1981, Recent eruptive history of the Rabaul volcanoes, present volcanic conditions, and potential hazards from future eruptions. Geol. Surv. Papua New Guinea Rep. 81/5, 15 pp.

McKee, C.O., P.L. Lowenstein, P. de Saint Ours, and B. Talai, 1984 (published in 1986), Seismic and deformation crises at Rabaul Caldera--prelude to an eruption? Bull. Volcanol., 47(2): 397-410.

McKee, C.O., R.W. Johnson, P.L. Lowenstein, S.J. Riley, R.J. Blong, P. Desaintours, and B. Talai, 1985, Rabaul caldera, Papua New Guinea - Volcanic hazards, surveillance, and eruption contingency planning. Jour. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 23: 195-237.

Mori, J. and C. McKee, 1987, Outward-dipping ring-fault structure at Rabaul caldera as shown by earthquake locations. Science, 235: 193-195.

Mori, J., C. McKee, B. Talai, and I. Itikarai, 1986, Precursors to volcanic eruptions in Papua New Guinea. Geol. Surv. Papua New Guinea Rep. 86/27, 39 pp.

Mori, J., C. McKee, I. Itikarai, P. Desaintours, and B. Talai, 1987, Sea-level measurements for inferring ground deformations in Rabaul caldera. Geo. Marine Lett., 6: 241-246.

Murray, G.H., 1939, In attendance at the birth of a volcano. Pacific Islands Monthly, 9(10): 54-55.

Newhall, C.G. and D. Dzurisin, 1988, Historical Unrest at large calderas of the world, Volume 1. U.S. Geol. Surv. Bull. 1855: 219-240.

Obzhirov, A.I., 1992, Chemistry of free and dissoved-gases of Matupit Bay, Rabaul caldera, Papua New Guinea. Geo. Marine Lett., 12: 54-59.

Palfreyman, W.D., R.W. Johnson, R.J.S. Cooke, and R.J. Bultitude, 1986, Volcanic activity in Papua New Guinea before 1944: an annotated bibliography of reported observations. Bur. Mineral. Res. Geol. Geophys., Australia, Rep. 254, 6 pp. and BMR Microform MF 207.

Perez, N.M. and S.N. Williams, 1990, Radon and elemental mercury distribution at Rabaul caldera, Papua New Guinea. EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 71(17): 649.

Perez, N.M., S.N. Williams, Y. Sano, N.C. Sturchio, and C.O. McKee, 1990, Helium isotopes and gas geochemistry at Rabaul caldera, Papua New Guinea. Geol. Soc. Am. Abstr. Prog., 22(7): A351.

Perez, N.M., S.N. Williams, and C.O. McKee, 1990, Preliminary analysis of soil gas Rn monitoring at Rabaul caldera, Papua New Guinea, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 71(43): 1694-1695.

Perez, N.M. and S.N. Williams, 1991, Active caldera pH soil geochemical studies at Rabaul (Papua New Guinea), Long Valley (USA), and Campi Flegrei (Italy). International Conference on Active Volcanoes and Risk Mitigation, Napoli'91, Italy.

Perez, N.M., S.N. Williams, and C.O. McKee, 1991, Submarine measurements of bay sediment gas Rn and Hg at Rabaul caldera, Papua New Guinea. Geol. Soc. Am. Abstr. Prog., 23(5): A450.

Perez, N.M., 1992, Geochemical study of the volcanic-magmatic-hydrothermal discharges from Rabaul caldera, Papua New Guinea. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of La Laguna, Spain, 471 p.

Perry, W.J. and I.H. Crick, 1976, Aerial thermal infrared survey, Rabaul area, Papua New Guinea, 1973, in R.W. Johnson, ed., Volcanism in Australasia. Amsterdam, Elsevier, pp. 211-219.

Ripper, I.D., 1979, Large earthquakes and seismic zones of the New Guinea retion. Geol. Surv. Papua New Guinea Rep. 79/20, 18 pp.

Smithsonian Institution, Scientific Event Alert Network (SEAN), 1982-1987, Rabaul: SEAN Bull., 7(8-9), 8(9-11), 9(1-12), 10(3-4), 11(1-12), 12(1-12), 13 (1-2) (communications from P.L. Lowenstein, C.O. McKee, P. de Saint Ours, B. Talai, and others).

Taylor, B., 1991, Rabaul Caldera, Papua New Guinea, SeaMARC II Sidescan Sonar Imagery, Aerial Photography, Bathymetry, and Topography, 1:25,000, Pacific Seafloor Atlas, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, Honolulu, HI, Sheet no. 8.

Walker, G.P.L., R.F. Heming, T.J. Sprod, and H.R. Walker, 1981, Latest major eruptions of Rabaul volcano, in R.W. Johnson, ed., Cooke-Ravian volume of volcanological papers. Geol. Surv. Papua New Guinea Memoir 10: 181-193.


References compiled by
Joy Crisp - JPL joy@glassy.jpl.nasa.gov