Kyle R Anderson
Biography
Kyle is a research geophysicist for the U.S. Geological Survey at Moffett Field, California. Much of his work is focused on understanding volcanic systems using a combination of physics-based (multiphysical) volcano models and Bayesian statistics. This approach enables probabilistic constraint on properties of volcanic systems such as the composition and volume of stored magma, and can be used in some cases to forecast future eruptive activity.
Appointments
Research Geophysicist, USGS Volcano Science Center (California Volcano Observatory) (2015-present)
Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellow, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (2012-2015)
Education
PhD: Geophysics, Stanford University
MS: Geophysics, Stanford University
BA: Geology-Physics, Whitman College
Publications
Patrick, M. R., B. F. Houghton, K. R. Anderson, M. P. Poland, E. Montgomery-Brown, I. Johanson, W. Thelen, and T. Elias (2020), The cascading origin of the 2018 Kīlauea eruption and implications for future forecasting, Nature Communications, 11, doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19190-1
Flinders, A. F., I. A. Johanson, P. B. Dawson, K. R. Anderson, M. H. Haney, B. R. Shiro (2020), Very long period (VLP) seismic artifacts during the 2018 caldera collapse at Kīlauea, Hawai‘i, Seismological Research Letters, 91 (6), doi:10.1785/0220200083
Segall, P., K. R. Anderson, F. Pulvirenti, T. Wang, and I. Johanson (2020), Caldera collapse geometry revealed by near-field GPS displacements at Kīlauea Volcano in 2018, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, doi:10.1029/2020GL088867
Lerner, A. H., D. O'Hara, L. Karlstrom, S. K. Ebmeier, K. R. Anderson, and S. Hurwitz (2020), The prevalence and significance of offset magma reservoirs at arc volcanoes, Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (14), doi:10.1029/2020GL087856
Neal, C. A. and K. R. Anderson (2020), Preliminary analyses of volcanic hazards at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, 2017–2018, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2020–1002, 34 p., doi:10.3133/ofr20201002
Poland, M. and K. R. Anderson (2020), Partly cloudy with a chance of lava flows: forecasting volcanic eruptions in the 21st century, Reviews of Geophysics/ Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2018JB016974
Hurwitz, S. and K. R. Anderson (2019), Temporal variations in scrubbing of magmatic gases at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (24), doi:10.1029/2019GL085904
Anderson, K. R., I. A. Johanson, M. R. Patrick, M. Gu, P. Segall, M. P. Poland, E. K. Montgomery-Brown, A. Miklius (2019), Magma reservoir failure and the onset of caldera collapse at Kīlauea Volcano in 2018, Science, doi:10.1126/science.aaz1822
M. R. Patrick, H. R. Dietterich, J. J. Lyons, A. K. Diefenbach, C. Parcheta, K. R. Anderson, A. Namiki, I. Sumita, B. Shiro, J. P. Kauahikaua (2019), Cyclic lava effusion during the 2018 eruption of Kīlauea Volcano, Science, doi:10.1126/science.aay9070
Segall, P., K. R. Anderson, I Johanson, A. Miklius (2019), Mechanics of inflationary deformation during caldera collapse: Evidence from the 2018 Kīlauea eruption, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2019GL084689
Delgado, F., J. Kubanek, K. Anderson, P. Lundgren, and M. Pritchard (2019), Physicochemical models of effusive rhyolitic eruptions constrained with InSAR and DEM data: a case study of the 2011-2012 Cordón Caulle eruption, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 524, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115736
Johnson, J.H., M.P. Poland, K. R. Anderson, J. Biggs (2019), A cautionary tale of topography and tilt from Kīlauea Caldera, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, doi:10.1029/2018GL081757
Patrick, M., T. Orr, K. Anderson, and D. Swanson (2019), Eruptions in sync: Improved constraints on Kīlauea Volcano's hydraulic connection, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 507, pp. 50-61, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.11.030
Neal, C.A, S.R. Brantley, L. Antolik, J. Babb, M. Burgess, K. Calles, M. Cappos, J. C. Chang, S. Conway, L. Desmither, P. Dotray, T. Elias, P. Fukunaga, S. Fuke, I. A. Johanson, K. Kamibayashi, J. Kauahikaua, R. L. Lee, S. Pekalib, A. Miklius, W. Million, C. J. Moniz, P. A. Nadeau, P. Okubo, C. Parcheta, M. P. Patrick, B. Shiro, D. A. Swanson, W. Tollett, F. Trusdell, E. F. Younger, M. H. Zoeller, E. K. Montgomery-Brown, K. R. Anderson, M. P. Poland, J. Ball, J. Bard, M. Coombs, H. R. Dietterich, C. Kern, W. A. Thelen, P. F. Cervelli, T. Orr, B. F. Houghton, C. Gansecki, R. Hazlett, P. Lundgren, A. K. Diefenbach, A. H. Lerner, G. Waite, P. Kelly, L. Clor, C. Werner, K. Mulliken, G. Fisher (2019), The 2018 rift eruption and summit collapse of Kīlauea Volcano, Science, doi:10.1126/science.aav7046
Arnold, D. W. D., J. Biggs, K. Anderson, S. Vallejo Vargas, G. Wadge, S. K. Ebmeier, M. F. Naranjo, and P. Mothes (2017), Decaying lava extrusion rate at El Reventador Volcano, Ecuador measured using high-resolution satellite radar, Journal of Geophysical Research, 122, pp. 9966-9988, doi:10.1002/2017JB014580
Wong, Y-Q., P. Segall, A. Bradley, and K. R. Anderson (2017), Constraining the magmatic system at Mount St. Helens (2004-2008) using Bayesian inversion with physics-based models including gas escape and crystallization, Journal of Geophysical Research, 122 (10), pp. 7789–7812, doi:10.1002/2017JB014343
Anderson, K. R., and M. P. Poland (2017), Abundant carbon in the mantle beneath Hawaiʻi, Nature Geoscience, 10 (9), pp. 704-708, doi: 10.1038/NGEO3007
Anderson, K. R., and M. P. Poland (2016), Bayesian estimation of magma supply, storage, and eruption rates using a multiphysical volcano model: Kīlauea Volcano, 2000-2012, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 447, pp. 161-171, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.04.029
Poland, M. P., T. R. Orr, J. P. Kauahikaua, S. R. Brantley, J. L. Babb, M. R. Patrick, C. A. Neal, K. R. Anderson, et al. (2016), The 2014-2015 Pāhoa lava flow crisis at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i: Disaster avoided and lessons learned, GSA Today, 26 (2), pp. 4-10, doi:10.1130/GSATG262A.1
Dzurisin, D., S. C. Moran, M. Lisowski, S. P. Schilling, K. R. Anderson, and C. Werner (2015), The 2004-2008 dome-building eruption at Mount St. Helens, Washington: Epilogue, Bulletin of Volcanology, 77 (10), pp. 77-89, doi:10.1007/s00445-015-0973-4
Patrick, M. R., K. R. Anderson, M. P. Poland, T. R. Orr and D. A. Swanson (2015), Lava lake level as a gauge of magma reservoir pressure and eruptive hazard, Geology, vol. 43, pp. 831-834, doi:10.1130/G36896
Anderson, K. R., M. P. Poland, J. H. Johnson, and A. Miklius (2015), Episodic deflation-inflation events at Kīlauea Volcano and implications for the shallow magma system, Chapter 11 in Hawaiian Volcanism: From Source to Surface, edited by R. Carey, M. Poland, V. Cayol and D. Weis, AGU Geophysical Monograph Series vol. 208, pp. 229-250, doi:10.1002/9781118872079.ch11
P. Segall and K. Anderson (2014), Look up for magma insights, Nature Geoscience, 7 (3), 2 pp., doi:10.1038/ngeo2064
Anderson, K. and P. Segall (2013), Bayesian inversion of data from effusive volcanic eruptions using physics-based models: Application to Mount St. Helens 2004-2008, Journal of Geophysical Research, 118 (5), 20 pp., doi:10.1002/jgrb.50169
Anderson, K. and P. Segall (2011), Physics-based models of ground deformation and extrusion rate at effusively erupting volcanoes, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116 (B7), 20 pp., doi:10.1029/2010JB007939
Anderson, K., M. Lisowski, and P. Segall (2010), Cyclic ground tilt associated with the 2004-2008 eruption of Mount St. Helens, Journal of Geophysical Research, 115 (B11), 29 pp., doi:10.1029/2009JB007102
Data Releases
Patrick, M., H. Dietterich, J. Lyons, A. Diefenbach, C. Parcheta, K. Anderson, A. Namiki, I. Sumita, and J. Kauahikaua (2019), Cyclic lava effusion during the 2018 eruption of Kīlauea Volcano: U.S. Geological Survey ScienceBase Data Release, doi:10.5066/P9PJZ17R