Spatter matters – distinguishing primary (eruptive) and secondary (non-eruptive) spatter deposits (2018)
Journal Article
Jones, T., Houghton, B., Llewellin, E., Parcheta, C., & Höltgen, L. (2018). Spatter matters – distinguishing primary (eruptive) and secondary (non-eruptive) spatter deposits. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 9179. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27065-1

Spatter is a common pyroclastic product of hawaiian fountaining, which typically forms vent-proximal ramparts or cones. Based on textural characteristics and field relations of spatter from the 1969 Mauna Ulu eruption of Kīlauea, Hawai’i, three spatt... Read More about Spatter matters – distinguishing primary (eruptive) and secondary (non-eruptive) spatter deposits.

Proximal lava drainage controls on basaltic fissure eruption dynamics (2017)
Journal Article
Jones, T., Llewellin, E., Houghton, B., Brown, R., & Vye-Brown, C. (2017). Proximal lava drainage controls on basaltic fissure eruption dynamics. Bulletin of Volcanology, 79(11), Article 81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-017-1164-2

Hawaiian basaltic eruptions commonly initiate as a fissure, producing fountains, spattering, and clastogenic lava flows. Most fissures rapidly localize to form a small number of eruptive vents, the location of which may influence the subsequent distr... Read More about Proximal lava drainage controls on basaltic fissure eruption dynamics.