Selected References and Sources for Continued Study

The selected references listed below will help you continue your study of the petrology of the Kilauea Iki lava lake.

• Helz, R.T., 1980, Crystallization history of Kilauea Iki lava lake as seen in drill core recovered in 1967-1979: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 43-3, p. 675-701.
• Helz, R.T., 1987a, Differentiation behavior of Kilauea Iki lava lake, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii: an overview of past and current work, in Mysen, B.O., ed., Magmatic processes: University Park: The Geochemical Society, p. 241-258.
• Helz, R.T., 1987b, Diverse olivine types in lava of the 1959 eruption of Kilauea volcano and their bearing on eruption dynamics: inDecker, R.W., et al., Volcanism in Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1350, p. 691-722.
• Helz, R.T., Kirschenbaum, H., and Marinenko, J.W., 1989, Diapiric transfer of melt in Kilauea Iki lava lake, Hawaii: a quick, efficient process of igneous differentiation: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 101, p. 578-594.
• Helz, R.T., Kirschenbaum, H., Marinenko, J.W., Qian, R., 1994, Whole-rock analyses of core samples from the 1967, 1975, 1979, and 1981 drillings of Kilauea Iki lava lake: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 94-684, 65 p.
• Jellinek, A.M., and Kerr, R.C., 2001, Magma dynamics, crystallization, and chemical differentiation of the 1959 Kilauea Iki lava lake, Hawaii, revisited: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 110, p. 235-263.
• Murata, K.J., and Richter, D.H., 1966a, Chemistry of the lavas of the 1959-60 eruption of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 537-A, 26 p.
• Murata, K.J., and Richter, D.H., 1966b, The settling of olivine in Kilauean magma as shown by lavas of the 1959 eruption: American Journal of Science, v. 264, p. 194-203.
• Richter, D.H., Eaton, J.P., Murata, K.J., Ault, W.U., and Krivoy, H.L., 1970, Chronological narrative of the 1959-1960 eruption of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 537-E., 73 p.
• Richter, D.H., and Moore, J.G., 1966, Petrology of the Kilauea Iki lava lake, Hawaii, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 537-B, p. B1-B26.
• Richter, D.H., and Murata, K.J., 1966, Petrography of the lavas of the 1959-1960 eruption of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 537-D, 12 p.
• Thompson, R.N., and Tilley, C.E., 1969, Melting and crystallization relations of Kilauean basalts of Hawaii. The lavas of the 1959-60 Kilauea eruption: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 5, p. 469-477.
• Wright, T.L., 1973, Magma mixing as illustrated by the 1959 eruption, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 84, p. 849-858.