Kilauea Volcano: the 1967-1968 summit eruption
Kinoshita WT, Koyanagi RY, Wright TL, Fiske RS. 1969. Kilauea Volcano: the 1967-1968 summit eruption. Science. 166(3904):459-468
'On 5 November 1967 Kilauea volcano began erupting lava from vents on the floor of its summit pit crater, Halemaumau, 170 meters deep. This eruption ended nearly 2 years of quiescence that followed a short-lived eruption on the east rift zone of Kilauea in December 1965 (1). The 1967-68 eruption was the first activity in Halemaumau since July 1961 (2). The eruption ceased on 13 July 1968 following 31 separate phases of fountaining separated by short periods of quiescence. Six weeks after the end of the summit eruption, a short eruption occurred on the upper east rift zone of Kilauea. As this article goes to press there have been four eruptions, all on the upper east rift zone. The last of the four began in May 1969 and has just completed its seventh phase.' This article summarizes the eruption in Halemaumau and complements an article by Fiske and Kinoshita on the deformation that preceded the eruption. The methods of study and the instrumentation used during the eruption are the same as those discussed in the earlier article.'
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Kinoshita, W; Koyanagi, R; Wright, T; Fiske, R
- Units
- HAVO
- Keywords
- 1967-1968, Chemical Analysis, Flux, Geochemistry, Geodesy, Halemaumau Crater, Harmonic Tremor, Horizontal EDM, Kilauea Volcano, Lava Lake, Magma, Major Oxides, Petrography, Petrology, Precursor, Rock, Seismology, Temperature, Tilt, Vertical Leveling, Volcanic Eruption