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Middletons Avacha

Lithograph of Avacha Volcano, Kamchatka, published in Middleton's Geography, 1789

Chuck Connor publications

Books

Volcanic and Tectonic Hazard Assessment for Nuclear Facilities (2009). Edited by C.B. Connor, N.A. Chapman, and L.J., Connor. Cambridge University Press, 623 pp. Link to Book

Statistics in Volcanology (2006). Edited by H. M. Mader, S. G. Coles, C.B. Connor, and L.J., Connor. Geological Society of London, 285 pp. Link to Book

Review of the U.S. Geological Survey's Volcanic Hazards Program (2000). National Research Council, National Academy Press,Washington, D.C., 138 pp. Link to Book

Journal publications and book chapters

Wetmore, P. H., C. B. Connor, S. E. Kruse, S. Callihan, G. Pignotta, C. Stremtan, and A. Burke, 2009, Geometry of the Trachyte Mesa intrusion, Henry Mountains, Utah: Implications for the emplacement of small melt volumes into the upper crust, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, Q08006, doi:10.1029/2009GC002469. Link to abstract

Kiyosugi, K., C. B. Connor, D. Zhao, L. J. Connor, K. Tanaka, 2009, Relationships between temporal-spatial distribution of monogenetic volcanoes, crustal structure, and mantle velocity anomalies: An example from the Abu Monogenetic Volcano Group, Southwest Japan, Bulletin of Volcanology, doi:10.1007/s00445-009-0316-4. Link to abstract

Connor, C.B., R.S.J. Sparks, M. Diez, A.C.M. Volentik, and S.C.P. Pearson, 2009, The nature of volcanism. In: Volcanic and Tectonic Hazard Assessment for Nuclear Facilities. Edited by C.B. Connor, N.A. Chapman, and L.J., Connor. Cambridge University Press, 74-115. Link to Book

Volentik, A.C.M., C. B. Connor, L.J. Connor, and C. Bonadonna, 2009, Aspects of volcanic hazard assessment for the Bataan nuclear power plant, Luzon Peninsula, Philippines. In: Volcanic and Tectonic Hazard Assessment for Nuclear Facilities. Edited by C.B. Connor, N.A. Chapman, and L.J., Connor. Cambridge University Press, 229-256. Link to Book

Mahony, S.H., R.S.J. Sparks, L.J. Connor, and C.B. Connor, 2009, Exploring long-term hazards using a Quaternary volcano database. In: Volcanic and Tectonic Hazard Assessment for Nuclear Facilities. Edited by C.B. Connor, N.A. Chapman, and L.J., Connor. Cambridge University Press, 326-345. Link to Book

Connor, C.B. and L.J. Connor, 2009, Estimating spatial density with kernel methods. In: Volcanic and Tectonic Hazard Assessment for Nuclear Facilities. Edited by C.B. Connor, N.A. Chapman, and L.J., Connor. Cambridge University Press, 346-368. Link to Book

Lejeune, A.-M., B.E. Hill, A.W. Woods, R.S.J. Sparks, and C.B. Connor, 2009, Intrusion dynamics for volatile-poor basaltic magma into subsurface nuclear installations. In: Volcanic and Tectonic Hazard Assessment for Nuclear Facilities. Edited by C.B. Connor, N.A. Chapman, and L.J., Connor. Cambridge University Press, 429-451. Link to Book

Hill, B.E., W.P. Aspinall, C.B. Connor, A.R. Godoy, J.-C. Komorowski, and S. Nakada, 2009, Recommendations for assessing volcanic hazards at sites of nuclear installations. In: Volcanic and Tectonic Hazard Assessment for Nuclear Facilities. Edited by C.B. Connor, N.A. Chapman, and L.J., Connor. Cambridge University Press, 566-592. Link to Book

Pearson, S.C.P., C.B. Connor, and W. Sanford, 2008, Rapid response of a hydrologic system to volcanic activity: Masaya volcano, Nicaragua. Geology, 36(12): 951-954.

Jaquet, O., C. Connor, L. Connor, 2008. Probabilistic modeling for long-term assessment of volcanic hazards, Nuclear Technology, 163(1), 180-189.

Lim, L.L., W.L. Sweatman, R. McKibben, and C.B. Connor, 2008. Tephra Fallout Models: The effect of different source shapes on isomass maps. Mathematical Geosciences, 40(2): 147-157. (PDF, 352Kb)

Byrne, M.A., A. G. Laing, and C. B. Connor, 2007. Predicting tephra dispersion with a mesoscale atmospheric model and a particle fall model: Application to Cerro Negro volcano, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 46: 121-135. (PDF, 2.1Mb)

MacNeil, R.E., W.E. Sanford, C.B. Connor, S.K. Sandberg, and M. Diez, 2007. Investigation of the groundwater system at Masaya caldera, Nicaragua, using transient electromagnetics and numerical simulation. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 166: 217-232.

Weller, J.N., A.J. Martin, C.B. Connor, L.J. Connor, and A. Karakhanian, 2006. Modelling the spatial distribution of volcanoes: An example from Armenia. In: Mader, H.M., Coles, S.G., Connor, C.B., and Connor, L.J. (eds.) Statistics in Volcanology. Special Publications of IAVCEI 1. Geological Society, London, 77-88.

Connor, L.J., and Connor, C.B., 2006. Inversion is the key to dispersion: Understanding eruption dynamics by inverting tephra fallout. In: Mader, H.M., Coles, S.G., Connor, C.B., and Connor, L.J. (eds.) Statistics in Volcanology. Special Publications of IAVCEI 1. Geological Society, London, 231-242.

Connor, C.B., McBirney, A.R., and Furlan, C., 2006. What is the probability of explosive eruption at a long-dormant volcano? In: Mader, H.M., Coles, S.G., Connor, C.B., and Connor, L.J. (eds.) Statistics in Volcanology. Special Publications of IAVCEI 1. Geological Society, London, 39-48.

Diez, M., P.C. La Femina, C.B Connor, W. Strauch, V. Tenorio, 2005, Evidence of static stress changes triggering the 1999 eruption of Cerro Negro, Nicaragua, and regional aftershock sequences, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, No. 4, L04309 10.1029/2004GL021788. (PDF, 352Kb)

Bonadonna, C., C.B. Connor, B.F. Houghton, L. Connor, M. Byrne, A. Laing, T.K. Hincks, 2005, Probabilistic modeling of tephra-fall dispersal: hazard assessment of a multiphase rhyolitic eruption at Tarawera, New Zealand, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 110, No. B3, B0320310.1029/2003JB002896.

Lewicki, J.L., G.E. Hilley, and C. Connor, The scaling relationship between self-potential and fluid flow on Masaya volcano, Nicaragua, in Water-Rock Interaction, edited by R.B. Wanty and R.R. Seal II, pp. 153-156, Taylor and Francis Group, London, ISBN 90 5809 6416, 2004.

Apted, M., K. Berryman, N. Chapman, M. Cloos, C. Connor, K. Kitayama, and H. Tsuchi, 2004, Locating a radioactive waste repository in the ring of fire, Eos 85(45): 465-480 [cover story]. (PDF, 776Kb)

Martin, A.J., K. Umeda, C.B. Connor, J.N. Weller, D. Zhao, M. Takahashi, 2004, Modeling long-term volcanic hazards through Bayesian inference: example from the Tohoku volcanic arc, Japan, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, B10208, doi:10.1029/2004JB003201.

LaFemina, P.C., C.B. Connor, B.E. Hill, J.A. Saballos, and W. Strauch, 2004, Exploring the link between tectonism and magmatism: the 1999 seismic swarm and eruption of Cerro Negro, Nicaragua, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 137: 187-199. (PDF, 1 Mb)

Connor, C.B., R.S.J. Sparks, R.M. Mason, C. Bonadonna, and S.R. Young, 2003, Exploring links between physical and probabilistic models of volcanic eruptions: The Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, Geophysical Research Letters, 30(13), 1701, doi:10.1029/2003GL017384. (PDF, 149 Kb)

Lewicki, J., C. B. Connor, K. St-Armand, J. Stix, and W. Spinner, 2003, Self-potential, soil CO2 flux, and temperature on Masaya volcano, Nicaragua, Geophysical Research Letters 30(15) 1817, doi:10.1029/2003GL017731. (PDF, 316 Kb)

Aranda-Gomez, J.J., J.F. Luhr, T.B. Housh, C.B. Connor, T. Becker, and C.D. Henry, 2003, Synextensional Pliocene-Pleistocene eruptive activity in the Camargo volcanic field, Chihuahua, Mexico, Geological Society of America, Bulletin, 115(3): 298-313.

A. R. McBirney, L. Serva, M. Guerra, and C. B. Connor, 2003, Volcanic and seismic hazards at a proposed nuclear power site in central Java, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 126: 11-30. (PDF, 531 Kb)

LaFemina, P.C., C.B. Connor, J.A. Stamatakos, and D.A. Farrell, 2002, Imaging an active normal fault in alluvium by high-resolution magnetic and electromagnetic surveys, Environmental and Engineering Geoscience 8(3): 193-207. (PDF, 3.5 Mb)

Woods, A.W., S. Sparks, O. Bokhove, A-M. LeJeune, C.B. Connor, and B.E. Hill, 2002, Modeling magma-drift interaction at the proposed radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA, Geophysical Research Letters, 29(13), 10.1029/2002GL014665. (PDF, 176 Kb)

Connor, C.B., B.E. Hill, B. Winfrey, N.M. Franklin, and P.C. LaFemina, 2001, Estimation of volcanic hazards from tephra fallout, Natural Hazards Review, 2: 33-42. (PDF, 2.3 Mb)

Connor, C.B., and Sandberg, S.K., 2001, Characterization of the Edward's Aquifer using geophysical methods, Bulletin of the South Texas Geological Society, 76: 11-25. (PDF, 2.1 Mb)

Connor, C.B., J. Stamatakos, D. Ferrill, B.E. Hill, G. Ofoegbu, and F.M. Conway, 2000, Volcanic hazards at the proposed Yucca Mountain, Nevada, high-level radioactive waste repository Journal of Geophysical Research, 105: 417-432. (PDF, 3.8 Mb)

Connor, C.B. and F.M. Conway, 2000, Basaltic Volcanic Fields, Chapter in: Encyclopedia of Volcanology, Academic Press, 331-343.

fumaroles

Monitoring fumaroles on Mt. Etna (Lithograph)

Connor, L.J., and C.B. Connor, 1999, Real-Time Geophysics Using Linux, Linux Journal, 25-28.

Connor, C.B., J. Stamatakos, D. Ferrill, and B.E. Hill, 1998, Technical Comment: Anomalous Strain Accumulation in the Yucca Mountain Region by B. Wernicke, J.L. Davis, R.A. Bennett, P. Elosegui, M.J. Abolins, R.J. Brady, M.A. House, N.A. Niemi, and J.K. Snow, Science, 282: 1007b.

Conway, M., C.B. Connor, B.E. Hill, C.D. Condit, K. Mullaney, and C.M. Hall, 1998, Recurrence rates of basaltic volcanism in the SP cluster, San Francisco volcanic field, Arizona, Geology, 26: 655-658.

Hill, B.E., C.B. Connor, M.S. Jarzemba, and P.C. La Femina, 1998, 1995 eruptions of Cerro Negro, Nicaragua and risk assessment for future eruptions, Geological Society of America, Bulletin, 110: 1231-1241.

Connor, C.B., P.C. Lichtner, Y. Taran, A.A. Ovsyannikov, I. Federchenko, F.M. Conway, B.E. Hill, Y. Doubik, V.N. Shapar, 1997, Cooling of an igneous dike twenty years after intrusion. Geology, 25: 711-713.

Connor, C.B., S. Magsino, J. Stamatakos, R. Martin, P. La Femina, B. Hill, and S. Lieber, 1997, Magnetic surveys help reassess volcanic hazards at Yucca Mountain. Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 78(7) 73,77-78 (February 1997 - Lead Article). (PDF, 2.5 Mb)

Stamatakos, J., C.B. Connor, and R. Martin. 1997. Quaternary basin evolution and basaltic volcanism in Crater Flat, Nevada, from detailed ground magnetic surveys of the Little Cones, Journal of Geology, 105: 319-330.

Conway, M.F., D.A. Ferrill, C. M. Hall, A.P. Morris, J. A. Stamatakos, C.B. Connor, A.N. Halliday, and C. Condit. 1997. Timing of basaltic volcanism along the Mesa Butte fault zone in the San Francisco volcanic field, Arizona, from 40Ar/39Ar ages: Implications for longevity of cinder cone alignments, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102: 815-824. (PDF, 2.9 Mb)

Taran, Y. C.B. Connor, V.N. Shapar, A.A. Ovsyannikov, and A.A. Bilichenko, 1997, Fumarolic activity of Avachinsky and Koryaksky volcanoes, Kamchatka, from 1993 to 1994. Bulletin of Volcanology, 58: 441-448. (PDF, 272 Kb)

Connor, C.B., S.B. Lane-Magsino, J.A. Stamatakos, R.H. Martin, P.C. LaFemina, B.E. Hill, S. Lieber, 1997. Blasts from the past indicate hazard level at Yucca Mountain, Earth in Space, vol 9, no. 9, May, 1997, pages 11-14.

Connor, C.B., B. Hill, P. LaFemina, M. Navarro, and F.M. Conway. 1996. Soil 222Rn pulse during the initial phase of the June-August 1995 eruption of Cerro Negro, Nicaragua. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 73: 119-127. (PDF, 827 Kb)

Condit, C.D. and C.B. Connor. 1996. Recurrence rate of basaltic volcanism in volcanic fields: An example from the Springerville Volcanic Field, AZ, USA. Geological Society of America, Bulletin, 108: 1225-1241.

International Atomic Energy Agency Working Group. 1995. Volcanoes and Associated Topics in Relation to Nuclear Power Plant Siting, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, Safety Series No. 50-SG-(S2). (Volcanology Working Group: A. McBirney, S. Aramaki, G. Pasquare, and C. Connor).

Connor, C.B. 1995. Assessing long-term volcanic hazards to the geologic disposal of nuclear waste. Technology Today, June, 1995 cover story, 6-13.

Connor, C.B., and B.E. Hill. 1995, Three nonhomogeneous Poisson models for the probability of basaltic volcanism: Application to the Yucca Mountain region, Journal of Geophysical Research, 100: 10,107-10,125. (PDF, 6.2 Mb)

Connor, C.B., B.M. Clement, X. Song, S.B. Lane, and J. West-Thomas, 1993, Continuous monitoring of high-temperature fumaroles on an active lava dome, Volcan Colima, Mexico: evidence of mass flow variation by atmospheric forcing, Journal of Geophysical Research, 98: 19,713-19,722. (PDF, 2.4 Mb)

Connor, C.B., Lane, S.B, and Clement, B.M., 1993, Structure and thermal characteristics of the summit dome, March, 1990-March, 1991: Volcán Colima, Mexico, Geofisica Internacional, Special volume on Volcán Colima, 32: 643-657.

Connor, C.B. and B.E. Hill, 1993, Estimating the probability of volcanic disruption at the Yucca Mountain site using nonhomogeneous Poisson models, American Nuclear Society, Focus '93, 174-181. (PDF, 1.7 Mb)

Clement, BM, Connor, CB, and Draper, G, 1993, Paleomagnetic evidence for hot emplacement of the Colima debris flow avalanche deposits, Mexico, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 120: 497-507.

Connor, C.B., Condit, C.D., Crumpler, L.S., and J,C, Aubele 1992, Evidence of regional structural controls on vent distribution, Springerville volcanic field, Arizona, Journal of Geophysical Research, 97: 12,349-12,359.

Connor, C.B., and Williams, S.N., 1990, Interpretation of gravity anomalies at Masaya caldera complex, Nicaragua, Transactions 12th Caribbean Conference, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Miami Geological Society, pp. 495-502. (PDF, 1.5 Mb)

Connor, C.B., 1990, Cinder cone clustering in the TransMexican volcanic belt: implications for structural and petrologic models, Journal of Geophysical Research, 95(B12): 19,395-19,405. (PDF, 2.3 Mb)

Connor, C.B., 1989, Soil Hg anomalies at Par¡cutin volcano, Michoacan-Guanajuato Volcanic Field, Mexico, Geofisica Internacional, 28(5): 1029-1042.

Laura

best view on a volcano!

Connor, C.B., Stoiber, R.E., and Malinconico, L.L., 1988, Variation in sulfur dioxide flux from Halemaumau crater, Kilauea volcano, Hawaii related to Earth tides, in: How Volcanoes Work (ed. R.I. Tilling), Journal of Geophysical Research, 14,867-14,871. (PDF, 1.1 Mb)

Connor, C.B., 1987, Structure of the Michoac n-Guanajuato volcanic field, Mexico, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 33: 191-200.

Lescinsky, D., Connor, C.B., and Stoiber, R.E., 1987, Soil Hg survey of thermal areas, Rincon de la Vieja volcano, Costa Rica, Geothermics, 16: 249-259.

Lowe, D.R., Williams, S.N., Leigh, H., Connor, C.B., Gemmell, J.B., and Stoiber, R.E. , 1986, Lahars initiated by the November 13, 1985 eruption of Nevado Del Ruiz, Colombia, Nature, 324:51-53.

Williams, S.N., Stoiber, R.E., Garcia, N.P., Londono, A.C., Gemmell, J.B., Lowe, D.R., and Connor, C.B., 1986, The November 13, 1985 eruption of Nevado Del Ruiz, Colombia: gas flux and fluid geochemistry, Science, 233: 964-967.