Academic Publications
MVO Publications List
Edmonds, M, Pyle, D, Oppenheimer, C, Young, S and Pearce, N. 2000. A model of degassing at Soufrière Hills Volcano derived from geochemical analysis and remote sensing techniques. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, sub judice.
Sparks, R S J, Murphy, M D, Lejeune, A-M, Barclay, J and Young, S R. 2000. Control on the emplacement of the andesite lava dome of the Soufrière Hills volcano by degassing-induced crystallization. Terra Nova, in press
Watson, I.M., Oppenheimer, C., et al. 2000. The relationship between degassing and deformation at Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Vol. 98, 117-126.
Allen, A G, Baxter, P J and Ottley, C J. 2000. Gas and particle emissions from Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies: characterization and health hazard assessment. Bulletin of Volcanology, Vol. 62, 8-19.
Murphy, M D, Sparks, R S J, Barclay, J, Carroll, M J and Brewer, T S. 2000. Remobilization of andesite magma by intrusion of mafic magma at the Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat, West Indies. Journal of Petrology, Vol. 41, 21-42.
Melnik, O and Sparks, R S J. 1999. Nonlinear dynamics of lava dome extrusion. Nature, Vol. 402, 37-41.
Heinrich, P, Guilbourg, S, Mangeney, A and Roche, R. 1999. Numerical modeling of landslide-generated tsunami following a potential explosion of the Montserrat volcano. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Part A: Solid Earth and Geodesy, Vol. 24, 163-168
Baxter, P J, Bonadonna, C, Dupree, R, Hards, V L, Kohn, S C, Murphy, M D, Nichols, A, Nicholson, R A, Norton, G, Searl, A, Sparks, R S J and Vickers, B P. 1999. Cristobalite in volcanic ash of the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat: Hazards implications. Science, Vol. 283, 1143-1146.
Calder, E S, Cole, P D, Dade, W B, Druitt, T H, Hoblitt, R P, Huppert, H E, Ritchie, L, Sparks, R S J and Young, S R. 1999. Mobility of pyroclastic flows and surges at the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 26, No. 5, 537-540.
Voight, B, Sparks, R S J, Miller, A D, Stewart, R C, Hoblitt, R P, Clarke, A, Ewert, J, Aspinall, W P, Baptie, B, Calder, E S, Cole, P, Druitt, T H, Harford, C, Herd, R A, Jackson, P, Lejeune, A M, Lockhart, A B, Loughlin, S C, Luckett, R, Lynch, L, Norton, G E, Robertson, R, Watson, I M, Watts, R and Young, S R. 1999. Magma Flow Instability and Cyclic Activity at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, British West Indies. Science, Vol. 283, 1138-1142.
Heinrich, P, Mangeney, A, Guibourg, S, Roche, R, Boudon, G and Chemineé. J-L. 1998. Simulation of water waves generated by a potential debris avalanche in Montserrat, Lesser Antilles. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 19, 3697-3700.
Boudon, G., B. Villemant, J-C. Komorowski, P. Ildefonse and M.P. Semet (1998) The hydrothermal system at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat (West Indies): characterisation and role in the ongoing eruption. Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 25, No. 19, pp. 3693-3696.
Oppenheimer, C., P. Francis and A.J.H. Maciejewski (1998). Spectroscopic observation of HCl degassing from Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat. Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 25, No. 19, pp. 3689-3692.
Hammouya, G, Allard, P, Jean-Baptiste, P, Parello, F, Semet, M and Young, S. 1998. Pre- and syn-eruptive geochemistry of volcanic gases from Soufriere Hills of Montserrat, West Indies. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 19, 3685-3688.
Young, S R, Francis, P W, Barclay, J, Casadevall, T, Gardner, C A, Darroux, B, Davies, M A, Delmelle, P, Norton, G E, Maciejweski, A A M, Oppenheimer, C M M, Stix, J and Watson, I M. 1998. Monitoring SO2 emission at the Soufriere Hills Volcano: implications for changes in eruptive conditions. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 19, 3681-3684.
Wadge, G., P. Jackson, S.M. Bower, A.W. Woods and E. Calder (1998). Computer simulations of pyroclastic flows from dome collapse. Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 25, No. 19, pp. 3677-3680.
Devine, J.D. M.J. Rutherford and J.E. Gardner (1998b) Petrologic determination of ascent rates for the 1995-1997 Soufrière Hills Volcano andesitic magma. Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 25, No. 19, pp. 3673-3676.
Devine, J D, Murphy, M D, Rutherford, M J, Barclay, J, Sparks, R S J, Carroll, M R, Young, S R and Gardner, J. 1998. Petrologic evidence for pre-eruptive pressure-temperature conditions, and recent reheating, of andesitic magma erupting at the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 19, 3669-3772.
Kilburn, C R J and Voight, B. 1998. Slow rock fracture as eruption precursor at Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 19, 3665-3668.
Neuberg, J., B. Baptie, R. Luckett and R. Stewart (1998). Results from the broadband seismic network on Montserrat. Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 25, No. 19, pp. 3661-3664.
White, R A, Miller, A D, Lynch, L and Power, J. 1998. Observations of hybrid seismic events at Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat: July 1995 to September 1996. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 19, 3657-3660.
Power, J A, Wyss, M and Latchman, J L. 1998. Spatial variations in the frequency-magnitude distribution of earthquakes at Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat, West Indies. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 19, 3653-3656.
Young, S R, Voight, B, Sparks, R S J, Rowley, K, Robertson, R E A, Lynch, L L and Aspinall, W P. 1998. The Soufriere Hills eruption, Montserrat, British West Indies, Introduction to special section, part 2. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 19, 3651-3652.
Barclay, J., M.J. Rutherford, M.R. Carroll, M.D. Murphy, J.D. Devine, J. Gardner and R. S. J Sparks (1998) Experimental phase equilibria constraints on preeruptive storage conditions of the Soufrière Hills magma. Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 25, No. 18, pp. 3437-3440.
Murphy, M D, Sparks, R S J, Barclay, J, Carroll, M R, Lejeune, A M, Brewer, T S, Macdonald, R, Black, S and Young, S. 1998. The role of magma mixing in triggering the current eruption at the Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, West Indies. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 18, 3433-3436.
Cole, P D, Calder, E S, Druitt, T H, Hoblitt, R, Robertson, R, Sparks, R S J and Young, S R. 1998. Pyroclastic flows generated by gravitational instability of the 1996-1997 lava dome of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 18, 3425-3428.
Robertson, R, Cole, P, Sparks, R S J, Harford, C, Lejeune, A M, McGuire, W J, Miller, A D, Murphy, M D, Norton, G, Stevens, N F and Young, S R. 1998. The explosive eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies, September 17, 1996. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 18, 3429-3432.
Aspinall, W P, Lynch, L L, Robertson, R E A, Rowley, K, Sparks, R S J, Voight, B and Young, S R. 1998. The Soufrière Hills eruption, Montserrat, British West Indies, Introduction to special section, part 1. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 18, 3387-3388.
Young, S R, Sparks, R S J, Aspinall, W P, Lynch, L L, Miller, A D, Robertson, R E A, Shepherd, J B. 1998. Overview of the eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, July 18, 1995, to December 1997. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 18, 3389-3392.
Roobol, M.J. and A.L. Smith. 1998. Pyroclastic stratigraphy of the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat: Implications for the present eruption. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 18, 3393-3396.
Aspinall, W. P., A.D. Miller, L.L. Lynch, J.L. Latchman, R.C. Stewart, R.A. White and J.A. Power. 1998. Soufrière Hills eruption, Montserrat, 1995-1997: volcanic earthquake locations and fault plane solutions. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 18, 3397-3400.
Miller, A.D., R.C. Stewart, R.A. White, R. Luckett, B.J. Baptie, W.P. Aspinall, J.L. Latchman, L.L. Lynch and B. Voight. 1998. Seismicity associated with dome growth and collapse at the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat. Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 25, No. 18, 3401-3404.
Voight, V., R.P. Hoblitt, A.B. Clarke, A.B. Lockhart, A.D. Miller, L. Lynch and J. McMahon. 1998. Remarkable cyclic ground deformation monitored in real-time on Montserrat, and its use in eruption forecasting. Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 25, No. 18, 3405-3408.
Jackson, P., J.B. Shepherd, R.E.A. Robertson and G. Skerritt. 1998. Ground deformation studies at Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat I: Electronic distance meter studies. Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 25, No. 18, pp. 3409-3412.
Sparks, R S J, Young, S R, Barclay, J, Calder, E S, Cole, P, Darroux, B, Davies, M A, Druitt, T H, Harford, C, Herd, R, James, M, Lejeune, A M, Loughlin, S, Norton, G, Skerritt, G, Stasiuk, M V, Stevens, N S, Toothill, J, Wadge, G and Watts, R. 1998. Magma production and growth of the lava dome of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies: November 1995 to December 1997. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 18, 3421-3424.
Mattioli, G.S., T.H. Dixon, F. Farina, E.S. Howell, P.E. Jansma and A.L. Smith (1998). GPS measurement of surface deformation around Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat from October 1995 to July 1996. Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 25, No. 18, pp. 3417-3420.
Shepherd, J.B., R.A. Herd, P. Jackson and R. Watts. 1998. Ground deformation measurements at the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat II: Rapid static GPS measurements, June 1996-June 1997. Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 25, No. 18, pp. 3413-3416.
Sparks, R S J. 1997. Causes and consequences of pressurisation in lava dome eruptions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 150, 177-189.
MVO Staff. 1997. The ongoing eruption in Montserrat. Science, Vol. 276, 371-372. 18 April 1997.
Young, S, Sparks, S, Robertson, R, Lynch, L, and Aspinall, W. 1997. Eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano in Montserrat Continues. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 78, 401, 408-409, 23 September 1997.
Young, S R, Duffell, H J, Voight, B, Edmonds, M, Baptie, B P, Thompson, G, Jolly, A and Syers, R C. 2000. Cyclic volcanic tremor and gas exhalation, Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat (abs). Proceedings of Geoscience 2000, Manchester, UK, April 2000.
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Watts, R, Herd, R A, Sparks, R S J and Young, S R. 2000. Growth patterns and emplacement of the Soufrière Hills lava dome, November 1995 to March 2000 (abs). Proceedings of IAVCEI General Assembly, Bali, Indonesia, July 2000.
Young, S R, Baptie, B P, Bass, V, Carn, S, Duffell, H J, Edmonds, M, Herd, R A, Jolly, A D, Norton, G E, Syers, R C, Thompson, G, Voight, B, Williams, C & Williams, D. 2000. Cyclic extrusion of the ‘Millenium’ lava dome at Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat, West Indies, 1999-2000 (abs). Proceedings of IAVCEI General Assembly, Bali, Indonesia, July 2000.
Young, S R, Duffell, H J, Voight, B, Edmonds, M, Baptie, B P, Thompson, G, Jolly, A and Syers, R C. 2000. Cyclic gas exhalations at Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat and implications for real-time hazard assessment (abs). Proceedings of IAVCEI General Assembly, Bali, Indonesia, July 2000.
Komorowski, J-C, Norton, G, Boudon, G, Voight, B, Watts, R, Young, S, Sparks, S, Herd, R and Walker, C. 2000. Field-relationships and texture of the striking debris-avalanche deposit from the 1997 flank-collapse of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat (abs). Proceedings of Geoscience 2000, Manchester, UK, April 2000, 157.
Young, S R, Duffell, H J, Voight, B, Edmonds, M, Baptie, B P, Thompson, G, Jolly, A and Syers, R C. 2000. Cyclic volcanic tremor and gas exhalation, Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat (abs). Proceedings of the VII International Meeting ‘Volcan de Colima’, Colima, Mexico, March 2000.
Deplus, C, Le Friant, A, Boudon, G, Cheminee, J-L, Feuillet, N, Harford, C, Jacques, E, Komorowski, J-C, Manighetti, I, Segoufin, J, Shufeldt, K and Villemant, B. 1999. Large-scale debris avalanche deposits on the western flank of the Lesser Antilles arc revealed by the Aguadomar Cruise (abs). EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 80, No. 46, F1152.
Edmonds, M, Pyle, D M, Oppenheimer, C M M, Pearce, N J. 1999. Geochemical analysis of volcanic glass combined with remote sensing techniques in a study of the degassing regime at the Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat (abs). EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 80, No. 46, F1089.
Voight, B and Elsworth, D. 1999. Stability of gas-pressurized lava domes (abs). EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 80, No. 46, F1153.
Clarke, A B, Neri, A, Macedonio, G, Voight, B and Druitt, T H. 1999. Numerical simulations of vulcanian explosions at the Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat: Effects of conduit paramaterisation (abs). EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 80, No. 46, F1121.
Jolly, A D, Young, S R, Cabey, L A and Thompson, G. 1999. The reduced displacement (DR) of large explosive eruptions at Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat, West Indies, using broadband seismic data (abs). EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 80, No. 46, F1145.
Komorowski, J-C, Norton, G E, Boudon, G, Voight, B, Watts, R B, Young, S R, Sparks, R S J, Herd, R A and Walker, C. 1999. The 1997 flank-collapse of Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat: Constraints on emplacement mechanisms from debris avalanche morphological and textural data (abs). EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 80, No. 46, F1152.
Voight, B, Young, S R, Sparks, R S J, Norton, G E, Luckett, R, Komorowski, J-C, Herd, R A, Franz, W, Boudon, G, Belousov, A, Belousov, M and Barclay, J. 1999. Edifice collapse of Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat, BWI, on December 26 1997 (abs). EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 80, No. 46, F1153.
Montserrat Volcano Observatory Staff. 1999. Soufrière Hills volcano (abs). Proceedings of the 3rd CDERA Caribbean Natural Hazards Conference, Barbados, October 1999.
Young, S R. 1999. Scientific Input to Disaster Management: A case history from the volcanic crisis on Montserrat (abs). Proceedings of the 3rd CDERA Caribbean Natural Hazards Conference, Barbados, October 1999.
Montserrat Volcano Observatory Staff. 1999. Soufrière Hills volcano (abs). Proceedings of the Royal Society Discussion Meeting ‘Causes and consequences of eruptions of Andesite volcanoes’, London, UK, October 1999.
Watts, R B, Sparks, R S J, Young, S R and MVO Staff. 1999. Shear lobes and their role in the growth and destruction of the Soufrière Hills lava dome (abs). Proceedings of the Royal Society Discussion Meeting ‘Causes and consequences of eruptions of Andesite volcanoes’, London, UK, October 1999.
Sparks, R S J, Barclay, J, Calder, E S, Herd, R A, Luckett, R, Norton, G E, Pollard, L, Robertson, R E A, Ritchie, L, Voight, B, Young, S R and Woods, A W. 1999. Generation of a debris avalanche and violent pyroclastic density current: the Boxing Day eruption of 26 December 1997 at the Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat (abs). Proceedings of the Royal Society Discussion Meeting ‘Causes and consequences of eruptions of Andesite volcanoes’, London, UK, October 1999.
Cole, P D, Calder, E S, Sparks, R S J, Clarke, A B, Druitt, T H, Young, S R, Herd, R A, Harford, C L, Norton, G E and Robertson, R E A. 1999. Pyroclastic flow deposits formed during 1996-99 at Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat (abs). Proceedings of the Royal Society Discussion Meeting ‘Causes and consequences of eruptions of Andesite volcanoes’, London, UK, October 1999.
Boyle, R D, Baxter, P J, Spence, R, Loughlin, S C and Young, S R. 1999. The use of GIS and spatial analytical techniques in assessing building damage caused by pyroclastic density currents in the eruption of 26 December 1997 at the Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat (abs). Proceedings of the Royal Society Discussion Meeting ‘Causes and consequences of eruptions of Andesite volcanoes’, London, UK, October 1999.
Harford, C, Sparks, R S J, Pringle, M and Young, S R. 1998. Evolution of Montserrat using 40Ar/39Ar geochronology (abs). IUGG 1999, Birmingham.
Harford, C, Pringle, M, Sparks, R S J, and Young, S R. 1998. 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of Lava Dome Eruptions on Montserrat (W. Indies) (abs). EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 79, No. 45, F1014.
Lejeune, A-M, Murphy, M D, Sparks, R S J, Watts, R B, Young, S R and MVO Staff. 1998. Dome Morphology and the Role of Degassing at Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, West Indies (abs). EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 79, No. 45, F1013.
Young, S R, Calder, E, Jackson P, Loughlin, S C, and MVO Staff. 1998. Dome Collapse Triggering Cyclic Vulcanian to sub-Plinian Explosive Eruptions; Montserrat, West Indies, September/October 1997 (abs). EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 79, No. 45, F1009.
Voight, B, Sparks, R S J, Miller, A D, Stewart, R C, Clarke, A B, Aspinall, W, Baptie, B, Ewert, J, Luckett, R, Druitt, T H, Herd, R, Hoblitt, R P, Lockhart, A B, Lynch, L, Norton, G E, Robertson, R, Watson, I M, Young, S R and MVO Staff. 1998. Cyclic Activity at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, B.W.I.; Its use in Understanding Magma Supply Physics and in Eruption Forecasting (abs). EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 79, No. 45, F1009.
Sparks, R S J, Barclay, J, Calder, E S, Cole, P, Herd, R, Luckett, R, Norton, G E, Pollard, L, Ritchie, L, Robertson, R A, Voight, B, Young, S R and Woods, A. 1998. Energetic pyroclastic surge generated by the collapse of a pressurised andesite lava dome: 26 December 1997 eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, West Indies (abs). EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 79, No. 45, F1008.
Williams, D, Young, S R, Loughlin, S C and MVO Staff. 1998. Use of Internet Communications to Assist Volcano Crisis Management on Montserrat (abs). EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 79, No. 45, F980.
Allard P., Hammouya G., Jean-Baptiste P., Parello F., Semet M. and Young S., Signaux géochimiques andant et pendant l’éruption de Soufriere Hills, Montserrat: interprétation et implications pour les volcans français des Antilles. (abstract) Special meeting of the Volcanology section of the French CNFGG, Paris, November 24 1998.
Aspinall, W.P. and R.M. Cooke (1998). Expert judgement and the Montserrat Volcano eruption. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management PSAM4, September 13th -18th, 1998, New York City, USA (eds. Ali Mosleh and Robert A. Bari), Vol.3, pp. 2113-2118.
Ambeh, W.B., Lynch, L.L., Chen, J. and Robertson, R.E.A. (1998). Contemporary seismicity of Montserrat, West Indies (Abstract). In: Transactions of the 3rd Geological Conference of the Geological Society of Trinidad and Tobago and the 14th Caribbean Geological Conference (eds. W. Ali, A. Paul & V. Young On), Vol. 1, pp. 1-2.
Young, S R. 1998. Montserrat – Anatomy of a volcanic crisis (abs). Proceedings of Disaster Forum 98, Edmonton, Canada, June 1998.
Young, S R and MVO Staff. 1998. Ash hazards to air traffic from Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat (abs). Proceedings of the International Conference on Modern Preparation and Response Systems for Earthquake, Tsunami and Volcanic Hazards, Santiago, Chile, April 1998.
Young, S R, Voight, B, Barclay, J, Sparks, R S J, Calder, E S, Herd, R A, Norton, G E, Luckett, R, Komorowski, J-C and MVO Staff. 1998. Assessment of sector collapse for Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat (abs). Proceedings of the International Conference on Modern Preparation and Response Systems for Earthquake, Tsunami and Volcanic Hazards, Santiago, Chile, April 1998.
Aspinall W.P. (1997) Elicitation of expert opinions for decision-making: concepts, experience and issues. Paper presented to The Royal Society IDNDR conference “Extreme Natural Disasters – Mitigating Strategies for the 21st Century”, March 10, 1997; London.
Mattioli, G S, Baker, B, Dixon, T, Farina, F, Hooper, D, Howell, E, Jansma, P, Smith, A L and Young, S R. 1996. GPS measurements of surface deformation during initial dome growth at Soufriere Hills, Montserrat, BWI (abs). EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 77, S291.
Baxter, P J and Young, S R. 1996. Evacuation at Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, December 1, 1995: hazards of lava domes and the influence of community vulnerability on decision makers (abs). Proceedings of the Applied Geoscience 96 Conference, Warwick, UK, April 1996, 96.
Allen, A.G. 1996. The influence of local volcanic emissions on the atmospheric environment of Montserrat, West Indies (abs). Proceedings of the Applied Geoscience 96 Conference, Warwick, UK, April 1996, **.
Proceedings of the Second Caribbean Conference on Natural Hazards and Disasters, Kingston, Jamaica, October 1996 (MVO Open File Report 96/22).
Aspinall W.P. (1996) “ Eliciting expert judgement during the Montserrat volcanic crisis: trial of a formalised methodology.” The Geological Society Conference “Applied Geoscience”, Warwick University, 15 – 18 April 1996; in : Abstracts, p96.
Hammouya, G, Allard, P, Clocchiatti, R, Jean-Baptiste, P, Parello, F and Semet, M. 1996. Geochemistry of fumarolic and magmatic fluids from Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat: preliminary observations (abs). Proceedings of the 2nd Caribbean Conference on Natural Hazards and Disasters, Univ. of West Indies, Jamaica, October, 1996.
Robertson, R.E.A. and G. Wadge (1996). Overview of the Soufrière Hills eruption 1995-96. In: The Soufrière Hills Eruption, Montserrat (ed. G. Wadge), Geological Society of London, pp. 9-11.
Proceedings of the Soufriere Hills Eruption, Montserrat, Geological Society, London, November 1996 (MVO Open File Report 96/23).
Young, S R and MVO Staff. 1996. Monitoring of the 1995/96 eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat (abs). Proceedings of the Second Latin American Symposium ‘Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Mitigation’, Lima and Arequipa, Peru, November 1996.
Calder, E S, Cole, P D, Sparks, R S J, and Young, S R. 1997. Generation and emplacement mechanisms of gravity-driven pyroclastic flows from the 1996 lava dome of Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat (abs). Proceedings of the Volcanic Studies Group, Geological Society of London, Cambridge, January 1997.
Murphy, M D, Barclay, J, Sparks, R S J, Carroll, M R and Macdonald, R. 1997. Petrology of the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies (abs). Proceedings of the Volcanic Studies Group, Geological Society of London, Cambridge, January 1997.
Young, S R and MVO Staff. 1997. Operations and procedures at the Montserrat Volcano Observatory, 1995/96 (abs). Proceedings of the IAVCEI General Assembly, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, January 1997.
Cole, P D, Calder, E S and Young, S R. 1997. Merapi-type pyroclastic flow deposits of May 1996, Soufriere Hills, Montserrat, WI (abs). Proceedings of the IAVCEI General Assembly, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, January 1997.
– Allard P., Hammouya G., D’Alessandro W., Jean-Baptiste P. and Parello F.,Géochimie des fluides et dégazage magmatique à la Soufriere Hills de Montserrat (Antilles): comparaison avec d’autres éruptions à dôme de laveet implications. (extended abstract) Special meeting of the Volcanology, section of the French CNFGG, 5-7, Paris, March 13 1997.
Young, S R and MVO Staff. 1997. Montserrat Volcano Emergency: Use of the Internet in Public Awareness. Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Crisis and the Internet, Bogota, Colombia, November 1997. Also published in Natural Hazards Observer, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA (Vol. XXII, March 1998).
Druitt, T., Harford, C., Luckett, R., Voight, B., Baptie, B., Bonadonna, C.,Clarke, A., Herd, Norton, G., R., Robertson, R., Ryan, G., Williams, D. and MVO staff (1998). Vulcanian explosions at Montserrat in August 1997. Geological Society of London (Leicester, January 1998).
Cole, P D, Calder, E S, Young, S R and Sparks, R S J. 1998. Gravitational dome collapse versus fountain collapse pyroclastic flows formed during the current 1995 -97 eruption of Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat (abs). Proceedings of Colima Volcano, 6th International Meeting, Colima, Mexico, January 1998.
Young, S R. 1998. Monitoring activities and scientific results from the ongoing eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat (abs). Proceedings of the XIV Convegno Scientifico del Gruppo Nazionale per la Vulcanologia, Catania, Italy, 2-4 March 1998.
Allard, P, Hammouya, G, Jean-Baptiste, P, Parello, F, Semet, M and Young, S. 1998. Geochimica dei fluidi fumarolica e magmatica del vulcano Soufriere Hills, Montserrat, West Indies (abs). Proceedings of the XIV Convegno Scientifico del Gruppo Nazionale per la Vulcanologia, Catania, Italy, 2-4 March 1998. [In Italian.]
Young, S R. 1998. Volcanic hazards and risks at the Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat. Proceedings of the 1998 Herdman Symposium, University of Liverpool, March 1998.
Robertson, R E A, MVO Staff and Young, S R. 1998. The ongoing eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat; monitoring and crisis management (abs). Proceedings of Geoscience 98, Keele, UK, April 1998.
Young, S R, MVO Staff and Robertson, R E A.1998. The ongoing eruption of Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat; volcanology of an unprecedented dome-building eruption (abs). Proceedings of Geoscience 98, Keele, UK, April 1998.
Calder, E S, Cole, P C, Miller, A D, Druitt, T H, Sparks, R S J, Hoblitt, R P, Young, S R, Robertson R, and MVO Staff. 1998. Pyroclastic flows on the Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat (abs). Proceedings of Geoscience 98, Keele, UK, April 1998.
Harford, C, Pringle, M, Sparks, R S J, and Young, S R. 1998. Evolution of Montserrat (W. Indies) using Ar/Ar geochronology (abs). Proceedings of Geoscience 98, Keele, UK, April 1998.
Norton, G, Loughlin, S, Bonadonna, C, Tonge, B, Baxter, P, Young, S R, and MVO Staff. 1998. Environmental monitoring of the Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat (abs). Proceedings of Geoscience 98, Keele, UK, April 1998.
Murphy, M D, Bonadonna, C, Kohn, S C, Sparks, R S J., Braña, L, Searl, A, Nichols, A, Baxter, P, Hards, V and Nicholson, R. 1998. Cristobalite in respirable fractions of volcanic ash: Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat (abs). Proceedings of Geoscience 98, Keele, UK, April 1998.
Aspinall W. (1998) The Montserrat Volcano eruption: formalised use of expert judgement. In: Safety98, an Internet Conference organised by I. Chem. E., 2nd – 13th November 1998 (org. Smith M.): .
Druitt, T., Harford, C., Luckett, R., Voight, B., Baptie, B., Bonadonna, C., Clarke, A., Herd, Norton, G., R., Robertson, R., Ryan, G., Williams, D. and MVO staff (1998). Vulcanian explosions at Monserrat in August 1997. Geosciences 98 (Keele, UK), programme with abstracts, p. 93.
Aspinall W.P. (1998) Case study in Classical Method: expert voorspellingen voor het gedrag van de vulkaan in Montserrat. Workshop NVRB “Expertmeningen”, 22nd September 1998, TU Delft, The Netherlands (org. Bedford T. and Cooke R.M.); Nederlandse Vereniging voor Risicoanalyse en Bedrijfszekerheid, Werkmap p30.
Aspinall W. and Cooke R.M. (1998) Expert judgement and the Montserrat Volcano eruption. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management PSAM4, September 13th -18th , 1998, New York City, USA (eds. Ali Mosleh and Robert A. Bari), Vol.3,
Aspinall W.P. (1998) The use of expert scientific judgement during the Montserrat eruption. abs.: Cities on Volcanoes – International Meeting, Rome and Naples, Italy, 28 June – 4 July 1998: Osservatorio Vesuviano/Gruppo Nazionale per La Vulcanologia; p26.
Aspinall W., Francis P., Lynch L., Robertson R., Rowley K., Sparks S., Young S. and others. (1998) “Scientists at the sharp end in a disaster zone”. Correspondence: Nature, Vol. 393, 728.
Young, S R, Cole, P D, Calder, E S, Baptie, B A, Bonadonna, C, Francis, P W, Herd, R A, Jackson, P, Loughlin, S C, Luckett, R, Norton, G E, Rowley, K, Sparks, R S J, Watts, R and MVO Staff. 1999. Dome collapse and Vulcanian explosive activity, September to October 1997. MVO Special Report 5.
MVO. 1998. Preliminary Assessment of Volcanic Risk on Montserrat.
Herd, R., E. Calder, J. Barclay, R.S.J. Sparks, M. James, P. Cole, C. Harford, R. Watts, G. Norton, S. Young and R. Robertson (1998). Methods used to survey the lava dome and associated products at the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat. MVO Open File Report 98/16.
Calder, E S, Young, S R, Sparks, R S J, Barclay, J, Voight, B, Herd, R A, Luckett, R, Norton, G E, Pollard, L, Ritchie, L, Robertson, R E A and MVO Staff. 1998. The Boxing Day Collapse, 26 December 1997. MVO Special Report 6.
Young, S R, Barclay, J, Miller, A D, Sparks, R S J, Stewart, R, Davies, M A and MVO Staff. 1997. Deformation of the Galway’s Wall and related volcanic activity, November 1996 to March 1997. MVO Special Report 2.
Young, S R and Norton, G E. 1997. Potential impact of current activity at Soufriere Hills volcano on the hydrology of Montserrat. MVO Open File Report 97/14.
Young, S R. 1997. Soufriere Hills volcano, Hazard Assessment. MVO Open File Report 97/16.
Devine J, Rutherford M, Gardner J, Young S, Smith A, Ambeh W, Hoblitt R, Shepherd J and Skerritt G. 1997. Degassing and ascent rate controls on the eruptive style of recent dome-forming andesites of the Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, W.I. MVO Open File Report 97/20.
MVO. 1997. Assessment of the Status of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat and its Hazards.
Norton, G.E. (1997). Summary of the environmental effects of volcano emissions, Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat. MVO Open File Report, 97/15.
McGuire, W J, Norton, G E, Sparks, R S J, Robertson, R and Young, S R. 1996. Report of the explosive event of 17/18 September 1996. MVO Special Report 1.
Voight paper
Robertson, R.E.A., W. P. Aspinall, R.A. Herd, P.J. Jackson, L. L. Lynch, G.E. Norton, R. S. J. Sparks, J. B. Shepherd and S. R. Young. The 1995-98 Eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat, W. I., Phil. Trans. of the Royal Society, London, in press.
Young, S R. 1998. The ongoing eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat. Mineralogical Society Bulletin (in press).
Young, S R. 1998. Volcanic activity in the Caribbean; the ongoing eruption on Montserrat. Astronomy and Geophysics, the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 39 (April 1998).
Young, S R. 1997. The Montserrat volcanic crisis – a community in danger. BGS Earthwise, Issue 10, 14.
Young, S R. 1997. Violence in Paradise. Down to Earth, Issue 20, August 1997.
Young, S R. 1997. BGS in the Hot Seat. NERC News, Winter 1997, 10.
Young, S R. 1996. Summary of eruptive events and monitoring procedures at Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, West Indies, 18 July 1995 to June 1996. IAVCEI News, Vol. 1/2 – 96. (Also published in French in Bulletin of the Societe de Volcanologie Geneve, December 1996).
Young, S R. 1996. Monitoring volcanoes. The Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, West Indies. ODA Earthworks, Issue 2, May 1996.
Special Publication of the Geological Society of London
Editors: T.H. Druitt, B.P. Kokelaar, and S.R. Young
List of papers as of Feb 2000
Aspinall W.P., Loughlin S.C., Michael F.V., Miller A.D, Norton G.E., Rowley K.C., Sparks R.S.J. and Young S.R. 2001. The Montserrat Volcano Observatory: its evolution, organization, role and activities.
Baptie B., Luckett R., Neuberg J. 2001. Variability of tremor episodes on Montserrat
Bonadonna C, G Macedonio, RSJ Sparks. 2001. A numerical model for tephra dispersal from lofting ash plumes above pyroclastic flows: application to hazard assessment in Montserrat
Calder E.S., Sparks R.S.J., Luckett R., Voight B. 2001. Lava dome stability and generation of rockfalls and pyroclastic flows
Clarke A.B., A. Neri, B. Voight, T.H. Druitt, G. Macedonio. 2001. Transient numerical models of the Soufriere Hills vulcanian eruptions
Druitt, T.H., Calder, E., Cole, P., Loughlin, S., Norton, G., Ritchie, L., Sparks, R.S.J., Voight, B. 2001. Formation of small-volume, highly mobile pyroclastic flows by rapid sedimentation from pyroclastic surges (25 June and 26 December, 1997, Montserrat, Antilles): An important volcanic hazard.
Druitt T., Young S., Baptie B., Calder E., Clarke A., Cole P., Harford C., Herd R., Luckett R., Ryan G., Voight B. 2001. Periodic vulcanian explosions and fountain collapse at the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, 1997.
Gardner C.A., White R.A., Power J.A., Robertson R.E.A., Casadevall T J., Lynch L.L., Lockhart A.B. 2001. Detailed seismic, SO2, and deformation histories during the phreatic phase-18 July to September 25 1995- of the Soufriere Hills Volcano eruption, Montserrat, West Indies
Harford C.L., Pringle M.S., Sparks R.S.J., Young S.R. 2001. Evolution of Montserrat using 40Ar/39Ar geochronology
Loughlin S.C., Cole P.D., Druitt T., Luckett R., Mangan M., Sparks R.S.J., Voight B., Watts R., Aspinall W.P.A., Calder E., Clarke A., Harford C., Herd R., Miller A.D., Pyle D., Rodriguez L., Rowley K., Watson I.M. 2001. Pyroclastic flows generated by the 25th June 1997 dome collapse, Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat
Loughlin, S.C., Baxter, P.J., Aspinall, W.P., Darroux, B., Harford, C.L., Miller, A.D. 2001. Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, WI: summary of eye witness accounts of the 25th June pyroclastic flows and implications for disaster mitigation
Luckett R., Baptie B., Neuberg J. 2001. The relationship between degassing and rockfall signals at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat
Mayberry G.C., Rose W.I., Bluth G.J.S. 2001. Dynamics of the volcanic and meteorological clouds produced by the December 26, 1997 eruption of Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, W.I.
Melnik, O. and Sparks, R.S.J. 2001. Dynamics of magma ascent and lava extrusion at the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat
Melnik, O. and Sparks, R.S.J. 2001. Dynamics of magma ascent at the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat: modelling explosive eruptions
Moore K.R., Horwell C., Bonadonna C., Dorman S., Duffel H., Nichol A., Ryan
G., Searl A., Walker C. 2001. Overview of airborne particulate matter monitoring through the Soufriere Hills eruption, Montserrat, West Indies
Neuberg J., O’Gorman C. 2001. The seismic wavefield in gas-charged magma
Norton, G.E., W. P. Aspinall, B. Baptie, C. Bonadonna, P.W. Francis, R.A. Herd, C. Harford, R.P. Hoblitt, A.D. Jolly, S.C. Loughlin, R. Luckett, L. Ritchie, K.C. Rowley, R. S. J. Sparks, R. Watts, S. R. Young. 2001. Residual volcanic activity at the Soufrière Hills Volcano Montserrat: 1 March 1998 – 3 November 1999.
Oppenheimer C., Edmonds M., Francis P., Burton M. 2001. Variation in HCl/SO2 gas ratios at Soufriere Hills Volcano observed by Fourier transform spectroscopy, 1996-1999
Ritchie, L.J, Cole, P.D and Sparks, R.S.J. 2001. Sedimentology of the pyroclastic density current deposits generated by the 26th December 1997 eruption at the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat.
Sparks R.S.J and Young S.R. 2001. The eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat (1995-1999): overview of scientific results
Voight, Boudon Calder, Francis, Komorowski, Norton Ritchie, Sparks, Young Boxing Day Edifice Collapse and Debris Avalanche .
Woods A.W., Sparks R.S.J., Batey J., Gladstone C. 2001. The generation of stratified surge deposits following the decompression of a pressurised volcanic dome: December 26 1997 eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat
Wadge G, Scheuchl B and Stevens N F. 2001. Spaceborne radar measurements of the eruption of Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat during 1996-99.
Young S.R., Kokelaar, B.P. et al. 2001. Eruption chronology and consequences
Watts, R, Herd, R A, Sparks, R S J and Young, S R. 1999. Growth patterns and emplacement of the andesite lava dome at the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat.
Sparks, R S J, Barclay, J, Calder, E S, Herd, R A, Luckett, R, Norton, G E, Ritchie, L, Voight, B and Young, S R. 1999. Generation of a debris avalanche and violent pyroclastic density current: the Boxing day eruption of 26th December, 1997, Soufriere Hills, Montserrat.
Young, S R, Voight, B, Barclay, J, Herd, R A, Komorowski, J-C, Miller, A D, Sparks, R S J and Stewart, R S. 1999. Hazard implications of small-scale edifice instability and sector collapse: a case history from Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat.
Bonadonna, C, Calder, E S, Choux, C, Lejeune, A M, Loughlin, S C, Murphy, M D, Norton, G E, Pyle, D, Ryan, G, Sparks, R S J and Young, S R. 1999. Tephra fall deposits in the 1995-1998 eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat.
Cole, P, Calder, E S, Sparks, R S J, Druitt, T H, Young, S R and Robertson, R E A.1999. Pyroclastic flow deposits formed during the 1996-1998 at Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat.