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ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD BY CONSULTING THE FOLLOWING LIST OF PEER-REVIEWED LITERATURE:

 

Eruptive History

 

Hall, M.L., Robin, C., Beate, B., Mothes, P.,Monzier,M. (1999). Tungurahua Volcano, Ecuador: structure, eruptive history and hazards. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 91: 1–21.

 

Le Pennec, J.-L., Jaya, D., Samaniego, P., Ramón, P., Moreno Yánez, S., Egred, J., van der Plicht (2008). The AD 1300-1700 eruptive periods at Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador,

revealed by historical narratives, stratigraphy and radiocarbon dating. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 176: 70–81.

 

Seismology and Geophysics

 

Fournier, T.J., M.E. Pritchard, and S.N. Riddick (2010). Duration, magnitude and frequency of subaerial volcano deformation events: New results from Latin America using InSAR and a global synthesis. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 11: doi:10.1029/2009GC002558.

Johnson, J.B., Aster, R.C., Ruiz, M.C., Malone, S.D., McChesney, P.J., Lees, J.M., Kyle, P.R. (2003). Interpretation and utility of infrasonic records from erupting volcanoes. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 121: 15-63.

Molina, I., Kumagai, H., Yepes, H. (2004). Resonances of a volcanic conduit triggered by repetitive injections of an ash-laden gas, Geophysical Research Letters 31: XX-XX. 

 

Molina, I., Kumagai, H., Le Pennec, J.L., Hall, M. (2005). Three-dimensional P-wave

velocity structure of Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 147:

144–156.

 

Ruiz, M., Lees, J., Johnson, J. (2006). Source constraints of Tungurahua volcano explosion events. Bulletin of Volcanology 68 doi:10.1007/s00445-005-0023-8.

 

Hazards

 

Kelfoun, K., Samaniego, P., Palacios, P., Barba, D. (2009) Testing the suitability of frictional behavior for pyroclastic flow simulation by comparison with a well-constrained eruption at Tungurahua volcano (Ecuador). Bulletin of Volcanology 71: 1057-1075.

 

Kumagai, H., Palacios, P., Maeda, T., Castillo, D.B., Nakano, M. (2009). Seismic tracking of lahars using tremor signals. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 183: 112-121.

 

Lane, L.R., Tobin G.A., Whiteford, L.M. (200X). Volcanic hazard or economic destitution: hard choices in Baños, Ecuador. Environmental Hazards X: XX-XX.

 

Gases

 

Arellano, S., Hall, M., Samaniego, P., Le Pennec, J.-L., Ruiz, A., Molina, I., Yepes, H. (2008). Degassing patterns of Tungurahua volcano (Ecuador) during the 1999–2006

eruptive period, inferred from remote spectroscopic measurements of SO2

emissions. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 176: 151–162.

 

 

A COMPREHENSIVE BODY OF LITERATURE PUBLISHED ON TUNGURAHUA VOLCANO:

 

Almedia, E. and Ramón, P. (1991). Las erupciones históricas del volcán Tungurahua. Boletín de Geología Ecuatoriana 2: 89-138.

 

Andrade, D., Hall, M.L., Ramón, P., Mothes, P., Ruiz, A.G., Hidalgo, S. (2004). Observación instrumental de lahares en el volcán Tungurahua entre abril 2000 y agosto 2001. Investigaciones en Geociencias, coedition IRD/IG-EPN/Corporación Editora Nacional 1: 9-12.

 

Arellano, S., Hall, M., Samaniego, P., Le Pennec, J.-L., Ruiz, A., Molina, I., Yepes, H. (2008). Degassing patterns of Tungurahua volcano (Ecuador) during the 1999–2006

eruptive period, inferred from remote spectroscopic measurements of SO2

emissions. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 176: 151–162.

 

Egred, J. (1989 Unpublished). Informe sobre la investigación historica referente a las erupciones de los volcanes Tungurahua y Cotopaxi. In: Proyecto hidroeléctrico San Francisco: informe final de vulcanología, República del Ecuador, Ministerio de Energía y Minas, 123 pp.

 

Fournier, T.J., M.E. Pritchard, and S.N. Riddick (2010). Duration, magnitude and frequency of subaerial volcano deformation events: New results from Latin America using InSAR and a global synthesis. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 11: doi:10.1029/2009GC002558.

 

Hall, M.L. and Vera, R. (1985). La actividad volcánica del volcán Tungurahua: sus peligros y sus riesgos volcánicos. Revista Politécnica, Quito 10: 91-144.

 

Hall, M.L., Robin, C., Beate, B., Mothes, P.,Monzier,M. (1999). Tungurahua Volcano, Ecuador: structure, eruptive history and hazards. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 91: 1–21.

 

Jay, D. (2004). El colapso del volcán Tungurahua  en el Holoceno superior: análysis de estabilidad y dinamismos explosivos asociados. Tesis de grado, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, 141 pp.

 

Jaya, D. (2004). El colapso del volcán Tungurahua en el Holoceno superior: análisis de estabilidad y dinamismos explosivos asociados. Tesis de grado,  Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito: 141 pp.

Johnson, J.B., Aster, R.C., Ruiz, M.C., Malone, S.D., McChesney, P.J., Lees, J.M., Kyle, P.R. (2003). Interpretation and utility of infrasonic records from erupting volcanoes. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 121: 15-63.

Johnson, J.B., Ruiz, M.C., Lees, J.M., Ramón, P. (2005). Poor scaling between elastic energy release and eruption intensity at Tungurahua Volcano, Ecuador. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32: L15304.

 

Kelfoun, K., Samaniego, P., Palacios, P., Barba, D. (2009) Testing the suitability of frictional behavior for pyroclastic flow simulation by comparison with a well-constrained eruption at Tungurahua volcano (Ecuador). Bulletin of Volcanology 71: 1057-1075.

 

Kumagai, H., Palacios, P., Maeda, T., Castillo, D.B., Nakano, M. (2009). Seismic tracking of lahars using tremor signals. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 183: 112-121.

 

Lane, L.R., Tobin G.A., Whiteford, L.M. (200X). Volcanic hazard or economic destitution: hard choices in Baños, Ecuador. Environmental Hazards X: XX-XX.

 

Le Pennec, J.-L., Ruiz, A.G., Mothes, P., Hall, M.L., Ramón, P. (2004). Estimaciones del volumen global del depósito de ceniza de la erupción de Agosto 2001 del volcán Tungurahua. Investigaciones en Geociencias, coedition IRD/IG-EPN/Corporación Editora Nacional, Quito 1:13-18.

 

Le Pennec, J.-L., Samaniego, P., Eissen, J.-P., Hall, M.L., Molina, I., Robin, C., Mothes, P., Yepes, H., Ramón, P., Monzier, M., Egred, J. (2005). Los peligros volcánicos asociados con el volcán Tungurahua. Corporación Editora Nacional, Quito, 2nd edition revised and augmented: 114 pp.

 

Le Pennec, J.-L., Jaya, D., Samaniego, P., Ramón, P., Moreno Yánez, S., Egred, J., van der Plicht (2008). The AD 1300-1700 eruptive periods at Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador,

revealed by historical narratives, stratigraphy and radiocarbon dating. J. Volcanol.

Geotherm. Res. 176: 70–81.

 

Martínez, N. (1932). Las grandes erupciones del Tungurahua de los años 1916-1918. Publication of Quito’s Observatory, Geophysical section. Imprenta Nacional, Quito. 90 pp.

 

Matoza, R.S. (2007). Joint seismic and acoustic recordings of eruptions at Mount St. Helens, USA and Tungurahua, Ecuador. In: Seismological Research Letters 78: 246.

 

Molina, C.I., Ruiz, C.Z. (2004). Precursores de la actividad sísmica en el volcán Tungurahua. Investigaciones en Geociencias, coedition IRD/IG-EPN/Corporación Editora Nacional, Quito 1: 128-136.

 

Molina, C.I., Ruiz, C.Z. (2004). Estudio temporal de las frecuencias del tremor volcánico del Tungurahua. Investigaciones en Geociencias, coedition IRD/IG-EPN/Corporación Editora Nacional, Quito 1: 137-143.

 

Molina, I., Kumagai, H., Yepes, H. (2004). Resonances of a volcanic conduit triggered by repetitive injections of an ash-laden gas, Geophysical Research Letters 31: XX-XX. 

 

Molina, I., Kumagai, H., Le Pennec, J.L., Hall, M. (2005). Three-dimensional P-wave

velocity structure of Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 147:

144–156.

 

Mothes, P., Hall, M.L., Hoblitt, R.P. Newhall, C. (2004). Caracterización de los flujos piroclásticos producidos por el volcán Tungurahua y evidencia de dichos flujos en la ciudad de Baños. Investigaciones en Geociencias, coedition IRD/IG-EPN/Corporación Editora Nacional, Quito 1: 19-27.

 

Ruiz, M., Hall, M.L., Samaniego, P., Ruiz, G., Villagómez, D. (1999). Seismic activity in Tungurahua Volcano: correlation between tremor and precipitation rates. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Andean Geodynamics, Gottingen, pp. 636-639.

 

Ruiz, M., Lees, J., Johnson, J. (2006). Source constraints of Tungurahua volcano explosion events. Bulletin of Volcanology 68 doi:10.1007/s00445-005-0023-8.

 

Ruiz, M. (2006) Seismo-acoustic monitoring at Tungurahua Volcano. In: Seismological Research Letters 77: 241.

 

Salazar, E. (1977). La geología del flanco septentrional del volcán Tungurahua. Tesis de grado, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito: 98 pp.

 

Samaniego, P., Eissen, J.-P., Le Pennec, J.-L., Hall, M.L., Monzier, M., Mothes, P., Ramón, P., Robin, C., Egred, J., Molina, I., Yepes, H. (2003). Los peligros volcánicos asociados con el volcán Tungurahua. Coedition Cooperación Editora Nacional IRD/ IG-EPN, Quito: 108pp.

 

Toulkeridis, T. (2007). When volcanoes threaten, scientists warm; the case of Tungurahua, Ecuador. Geotimes 52: 36-39.

 

Werner-Allen, G., Johnson, J., Ruiz, M., Lees, J., Welsh, M. (2005) Monitoring Volcanic Eruptions with a Wireless Sensor Network. Harvard Technical Report TR-27-04.

 

Williams, R., Stinton, A.J., Sheridan, M.F. (2008). Evaluation of the Titan2D two-phase flow model using an actual event: Case study of the 2005 Vascun Valley Lahar. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research: 760-766.

 

 

Works Cited compiled by Branden C. Christensen

Last updated: January 2010