Helge Gonnermann Volcanoes, Magmatic Processes, Fluid Flow

Publications

In review

  1. Park, J.G., Gonnermann, H.M. High bubble number densities in Plinian pyroclasts are a necessary condition for magma fragmentation, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. (in review: EPSL-D-26-00500).

2026

  1. Ferrante, G., Gonnermann, H.M. Bottoms up: Coupling versus decoupling within Kīlauea’s magma supply system, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 473, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2026.108584 (2026).

2025

  1. Ferrante, G., Gonnermann, H.M., Fliedner, C., Giachetti, T., Ryan, A.G. Viscosity of bubbly magmas from torsional experiments on pumice, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 461, 108297, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2025.108297 (2025).

2024

  1. Barth, A., Portnyagin, M., Mironov, N., Holtz, F., Moussallam, Y., Rose-Koga, E.F., Rasmussen, D., Towbin, H., Gonnermann, H.M., Mutch, E.J.F., Rotolo, S.G., Plank, T. Fast, furious, and gassy: Etna’s explosive eruption from the mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 643, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118864 (2024).
  2. Jones, T.J., Shetty, A., Chalk, C., Dufek, J., Gonnermann, H.M. Identifying rheological regimes within pyroclastic density currents, Nature Comm., doi:10.1038/s41467-024-48612-7 (2024).

2023

  1. Phelps, P., Gonnermann, H.M., Ruprecht, P., Winslow, H., Delgado, F., Pritchard, M. E., Liao, Y., Magma chamber replenishment from a crystal mush at Cordón Caulle, Chile, Geophys. J. Int. 235, 610-634, doi:10.1093/gji/ggad259 (2023).

2022

  1. Winslow, H., Ruprecht, P., Gonnermann H. M., Phelps, P., Muñoz-Saez, C., Delgado, F., Pritchard, M. E. and Amigo, A., Insights for crystal mush storage utilizing mafic enclaves from the 2011-12 Cordón Caulle eruption, Scientific Reports, 19:9734, doi:10.1038/s41598-022-13305-y (2022).
  2. Crozier, J., Tramontano, S., Forte, P., Oliva, S. J. C., Gonnermann, H. M., Lev, E., Manga, M., Rader, E., Ruprecht, P., Myers, M., Paisley, R., Houghton, B. F., Shea, T., Amigo, A., Tuffen, H, Castro, J., Schipper, C. I., Outgassing through fractures enables effusive eruption of silicic magma, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 430, 107617, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107617 (2022).
  3. Hajimirza, S., Jones, T. J., Gonnermann, H. M., Moreland, W., & Thordarson, T., Quantifying water entrainment in volcanic jets, Geophys. Geochem. Geosys., 23, e2021GC010160. doi:10.1029/2021GC010160 (2022).
  4. Hajimirza, S., Gonnermann, H. M. & Gardner, J. E., Experimental demonstration of continuous bubble nucleation in rhyolite, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 421, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2021.107417 (2022).

2021

  1. Carn, S. A., P. A. Newman, V. Aquila, H. Gonnermann, and J. Dufek, Anticipating climate impacts of major volcanic eruptions, Eos, 102, doi:10.1029/2021EO162730 (2021).
  2. Gonnermann, H. M. & Anderson, K., Modeling Volcano-Magmatic Systems: Workshop Report for the Modeling Collaboratory for Subduction Research Coordination Network, doi:10.31223/X55G96 (2021).
  3. Hajimirza, S., Gonnermann, H. M. & Gardner, J. E., Reconciling bubble nucleation in explosive eruptions with geospeedometers, Nature Comms., 283, doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20541-1 (2021).

2019

  1. Barth, A., Newcombe, M., Plank, T., Gonnermann, H. M., Hajimirza, S., Soto, G., Saballos, A. and Hauri, E., Magma decompression rate correlates with explosivity at basaltic volcanoes – Constraints from water diffusion in olivine. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 387, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.106664, (2019).
  2. Hajimirza, S., Gonnermann, H. M., Gardner, J. E., and Giachetti, T., Predicting homogeneous bubble nucleation in rhyolite. J. Geophys. Res., 124. doi:10.1029/2018JB015891 (2019).
  3. Giachetti, T., Gonnermann, H.M., Gardner, J.E., Burgisser, A., Hajimirza, S., Earley, T.C., Truong, N. and Toledo, P., Bubble coalescence and percolation threshold in expanding rhyolitic magma. Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 20. doi:10.1029/2018GC008006 (2019).

2018

  1. Moitra, P., Gonnermann, H.M., Houghton B.F. and Tiwary, C.S., Fragmentation and Plinian eruption of crystallizing basaltic magma, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 500, 97-104, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.08.003 (2018).
  2. Tucker, J.M., Mukhopadhyay, S., Gonnermann, H.M., Reconstructing mantle carbon and noble gas contents from degassed mid-ocean ridge basalts. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 496, 108–119, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.05.024 (2018).
  3. Jones, M.R., Soule, S.A., Gonnermann, H.M., Le Roux, V., Clague, D.A., Magma ascent and lava flow emplacement rates during the 2011 Axial Seamount eruption based on CO2 degassing. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 494, 32–41, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.04.044 (2018).
  4. Gardner, J.E., Hajimirza, S., Webster, J.D., Gonnermann, H.M., The impact of dissolved fluorine on bubble nucleation in hydrous rhyolite melts. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 226, 174–181, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2018.02.013 (2018).
  5. Liu Z., Dugan, B., Masiello, C.A., Wahab, L.M.,Gonnermann, H.M., Nittrouer, J.A., Effect of freeze-thaw cycling on grain size of biochar. PLoS ONE, 13(1): e0191246, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0191246 (2018).

2017

  1. Gonnermann, H.M., Giachetti, T., Fliedner, C., Nguyen, C.T., Houghton, B. F., Crozier, J.A. and Carey, R.J., Permeability during magma expansion and compaction. J. Geophys. Res., 122, 1–24, doi:10.1002/2017JB014783 (2017).
  2. Simkins, L.M., Anderson, J.B., Greenwood, S.L., Gonnermann, H.M., Prothro, L.O., Halberstadt, A.R.W., Stearns, L.A., Pollard, D. and DeConto, R.M., Anatomy of a meltwater drainage system beneath the ancestral East Antarctic ice sheet, Nat. Geosci., 10, 691-697, doi:10.1038/ngeo3012 (2017).
  3. Liu, Z., Dugan, B., Masiello, C.A. and Gonnermann, H.M., Biochar particle size, shape, and porosity act together to influence soil water properties, PLoS ONE, 12, e0179079, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0179079 (2017).

2016

  1. Houghton, B.F., Taddeucci, J., Andronico, D., Gonnermann, H.M., Pistolesi, M., Patrick, M.R., Orr, T.R., Swanson, D.A., Edmonds, M., Gaudin, D., Carey, R.J. and Scarlato, P., Stronger or longer: Discriminating between Hawaiian and Strombolian eruption styles, Geology, 44, 163-166, doi:10.1130/G37423.1 (2016).
  2. Gardner, J.E., Jackson, B.A., Gonnermann, H.M. and Soule, S.A., Rapid ascent and emplacement of basaltic lava during the 2005–06 eruption of the East Pacific Rise at ca. 9°51′N as inferred from CO2 contents, Earth Planet Sci. Lett., 453, 152-160, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.08.007, (2016).
  3. Munoz-Saez, C., Satiel, S., Manga, M., Nguyen, C.T. and Gonnermann, H.M., Physical and hydraulic properties of modern sinter deposits: El Tatio, Atacama, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 325, 156-168, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2016.06.026, (2016).
  4. Ferguson, D.J., Gonnermann, H.M., Ruprecht, P., Plank, T.A., Hauri, E.H., Houghton, B.F. and Swanson, D.A., Magma decompression rates during explosive eruptions of Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii, recorded by melt embayments, Bull. Volcanol., doi:10.1007/s00445-016-1064-x (2016).
  5. Liu, Z., Dugan B., Masiello C.A., Barnes, R.T., Gallagher, M.E., Gonnermann, H.M., Impacts of Biochar Concentration and Particle Size on Hydraulic Conductivity and DOC Leaching of Biochar-Sand Mixtures J. Hydrol., 433, 461-472, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.12.007 (2016).

2015

  1. Moitra, P. and Gonnermann, H.M., Effects of crystal shape- and size-modality on magma rheology, Geophys. Geochem. Geosys., doi:10.1002/2014GC005554 (2015).
  2. Gonnermann, H.M., Magma fragmentation, Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 43, doi:10.1146/annurev-earth-060614-105206 (2015).
  3. Gonnermann, H.M. and Taisne, B., Magma Transport in Dikes, in 2nd edition of the Encyclopedia of Volcanoes (2015).
  4. Giachetti, T., Gonnermann, H.M., Gardner, J.E., Shea, T., Gouldstone, A., Discriminating secondary from primary water in rhyolitic matrix-glass of volcanic pyroclasts using thermogravimetric analysis, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 148, 457-476, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.10.017 (2015).

2014

  1. Nguyen, C.T., Gonnermann, H.M. and Houghton, B.F., Explosive to effusive transition during the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, Geology, 42, 703–706, doi:10.1130/G35593.1 (2014).
  2. Brewer, C.E., Chuang, V.J., Masiello, C.A., Gonnermann, H.M., Gao, X., Dugan, B., Driver, L.E., Panzacchi, P., Zygourakis, K. and Davies, C.A., New approaches to measuring biochar density and porosity, Biomass Bionenergy, doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.03.059 (2014).
  3. Lloyd, A.S., Plank, T., Ruprecht, P., Hauri, E.H., Rose, W. and Gonnermann, H.M., NanoSIMS results from olivine-hosted melt embayments: Magma ascent rate during explosive basaltic eruptions, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.06.002 (2014).
  4. Huber, C., Su, Y., Nguyen, C.T., Parmigiani, A., Gonnermann, H.M. and J. Dufek, J., A new bubble dynamics model to study bubble growth, deformation and coalescence, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1002/2013JB010419 (2014).

2013

  1. Gonnermann, H.M. and Gardner, J.E., Homogeneous bubble nucleation in rhyolitic melt: experiments and non-classical theory, Geophys. Geochem. Geosys., 14(6), 2013GC004873, doi:10.1002/ggge.20281 (2013).
  2. Nguyen, C.T., Gonnermann, H.M., Chen, Y., Huber, C., Maiorano, A.A., Gouldstone, A. and Dufek, J., Film drainage and the lifetime of bubbles, Geophys. Geochem. Geosys., doi:10.1002/ggg3.20198 (2013).
  3. Montagna, C.P. and Gonnermann, H.M., Magma flow between summit and Pu`u `O`o at Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i, Geophys. Geochem. Geosys., doi:10.1002/ggge.20145 (2013).
  4. Giachetti, T. and Gonnermann, H. M., Water in volcanic pyroclasts: rehydration or incomplete degassing? Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 369-370, 317-332, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.03.041 (2013).
  5. Carey, R.J., Manga, M., Degruyter, W., Gonnermann, H.M., Swanson, D., Houghton, B.F., Orr, T. and Patrick, M., Convection in a volcanic conduit recorded by bubbles, Geology, 41, 395-398, doi:10.1130/G33685.1 (2013).
  6. Gonnermann, H.M. and Manga, M., Dynamics of magma ascent in the volcanic conduit, in Modeling Volcanic Processes, The Physics and Mathematics of Volcanism, eds. Fagents, S.A., Gregg, T.K.P. and Lopes, R.M.C., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2013).
  7. Moitra, P., Gonnermann, H.M., Houghton, B.F. and Giachetti, T., Relating vesicle shapes in pyroclasts to eruption styles, Bull. Volcanol., 75:691, doi:10.1007/s00445-013-0691-8 (2013).

2012

  1. Gonnermann, H.M., Foster, J.H., Poland, M., Wolfe, C.J., Brooks, B.A. and Miklius, A., Coupling at Mauna Loa and Kilauea by stress transfer in an asthenospheric melt layer, Nature Geosci., 5, 826-829, doi:10.1038/ngeo1612 (2012).
  2. Gonnermann, H.M. and Houghton, B.F., Magma degassing during the Plinian eruption of Novarupta, Alaska, 1912, Geophys. Geochem. Geosys., 13(10), Q10009, doi:10.1029/2012GC004273 (2012).

2011

  1. Stovall, W.K., Houghton, B.F., Gonnermann, H.M., Fagents, S.A. and Swanson, D.A., Eruption dynamics of Hawaiian-style fountains: the case study of episode 1 of the Kilauea Iki 1959 eruption, Bull. Volcanol., 73:511–529 (2011).

2009

  1. Gonnermann, H.M. and Mukhopadhyay, S., Preserving noble gases in a convecting mantle, Nature, 459, 560-563 (2009).

2008

  1. Houghton, B.F. and Gonnermann, H.M., Basaltic explosive volcanism: Constraints from deposits and models, Chem. Erde Geochem., 68, 117-140 (2008).

2007

  1. Gonnermann, H.M. and Mukhopadhyay, S., Non-equilibrium degassing and a primordial source for helium in ocean-island volcanism, Nature, 449, 1037-1040 (2007).
  2. Gonnermann, H.M. and Manga, M., The fluid mechanics of volcanic eruptions, Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech. 39, 321-356 (2007).

2005

  1. Gonnermann, H.M. and Manga, M., Nonequilibrium magma degassing: Results from modeling of the ca. 1340 A.D. eruption of Mono Craters, California, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 238, 1-16 (2005).
  2. Gonnermann, H.M. and Manga, M., Flow banding in obsidian: A record of evolving textural heterogeneity during magma deformation, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 236, 135-147 (2005).

2004

  1. Gonnermann, H.M., Jellinek, A.M., Richards, M.A. and Manga, M., Modulation of mantle plumes and heat flow at the core mantle boundary by plate-scale flow: results from laboratory experiments, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 226, 53-67 (2004).

2003

  1. Gonnermann, H.M. and Manga, M., Explosive volcanism may not be an inevitable consequence of magma fragmentation, Nature 426, 432-435 (2003).

2002

  1. Gonnermann, H.M., Manga, M. and Jellinek, A.M., Dynamics and longevity of an initially stratifed mantle, Geophys. Res. Lett. 29, 10.1029/2002GL014851 (2002).
  2. Jellinek, A.M., Gonnermann, H.M. and Richards, M.A., Plume capture by divergent plate motions: Implications for the distribution of hotspots, geochemistry of mid-ocean ridge basalts, and estimates of the heat flux at the core-mantle boundary, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 205, 361-378 (2002).

1999

  1. Mok, C.M., Chang, C.-Y., Settgast, R., Wang, Z.L., Gonnermann, H.M., Chin, C.C., Dynamic soil foundation structure interaction analysis of large caissons, U.S. Geol. Survey Open-File Report 99-0142 19.1-19.30 (1999).