Matthew Patrick, Ph.D.
I am a geologist with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, conducting research and monitoring of active eruptions.
Professional Experience
US Geological Survey - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: Research Geologist, 2007-present
Michigan Tech University: Postdoctoral Researcher, 2006-2007
University of Hawaii Manoa: Postdoctoral Researcher, 2005-2006
Education and Certifications
University of Hawai‘i Mānoa Geology 8/02 – 8/05 Ph.D. 2005
University of Alaska Fairbanks Geology 8/99 – 5/02 M.S. 2002
Cornell University Geology 8/95 – 5/99 B.S. 1999
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Lava lake thermal pattern classification using self organizing maps and relationships to eruption processes at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii Lava lake thermal pattern classification using self organizing maps and relationships to eruption processes at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
Kīlauea Volcano’s active summit lava lake poses hazards to downwind residents and over 1.6 million Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park visitors each year. The lava lake surface is dynamic; crustal plates separated by incandescent cracks move across the lake as magma circulates below. We hypothesize that these dynamic thermal patterns are related to changes in other volcanic processes, such...
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Amy Burzynski, Steve Anderson, Kerryn Morrison, Matthew Patrick, Tim Orr, Weston Thelen
Controls on lava lake level at Halema‘uma‘u Crater, Kīlauea Volcano Controls on lava lake level at Halema‘uma‘u Crater, Kīlauea Volcano
The height of the lava column is a fundamental measure of open-vent volcanic activity, but little continuous long-term data exist to understand this parameter. The recent (2008-2018) lava lake activity at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano provides a unique opportunity to track and understand the processes that control lava level over timescales ranging from minutes to years. We review...
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Matthew Patrick, Donald A. Swanson, Tim Orr
The 2018 rift eruption and summit collapse of Kilauea Volcano The 2018 rift eruption and summit collapse of Kilauea Volcano
In 2018, Kīlauea Volcano experienced its largest lower East Rift Zone (LERZ) eruption and caldera collapse in at least 200 years. After collapse of the Pu'u 'Ō'ō vent on 30 April, magma propagated downrift. Eruptive fissures opened in the LERZ on 3 May, eventually extending ~6.8 km. A 4 May earthquake (M6.9) produced ~5 m of fault slip. Lava erupted at rates exceeding 100 m3/s...
Authors
Christina Neal, Steven Brantley, Loren Antolik, Janet Babb, Matthew Burgess, Michael Cappos, Jefferson Chang, Sarah Conway, Liliana Desmither, Peter Dotray, Tamar Elias, Pauline Fukunaga, Steven Fuke, Ingrid Johanson, Kevan Kamibayashi, James Kauahikaua, R. Lopaka Lee, S. Pekalib, Asta Miklius, Brian Shiro, Don Swanson, Patricia Nadeau, Michael Zoeller, P. Okubo, Carolyn Parcheta, Matthew Patrick, William Tollett, Frank A. Trusdell, Edward Younger, Emily Montgomery-Brown, Kyle Anderson, Michael Poland, Jessica Ball, Joseph A. Bard, Michelle Coombs, Hannah R. Dietterich, Christoph Kern, Weston Thelen, Peter Cervelli, Tim Orr, Bruce Houghton, Cheryl Gansecki, Richard Hazlett, Paul Lundgren, Angela K. Diefenbach, Allan Lerner, Greg Waite, Peter Kelly, Laura E. Clor, Cynthia Werner, Katherine Mulliken, Gary Fisher, David Damby
Crisis remote sensing during the 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea Volcano Crisis remote sensing during the 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea Volcano
Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, is renowned as one of the most active and closely monitored volcanoes on Earth. Scores of seismometers and deformation sensors form an array across the volcano to detect subsurface magmatic activity, and ground observers track eruptions on the surface. In addition to this dense ground-based monitoring, remote sensing – both airborne and spaceborne – has become a...
Authors
Michael H. Zoeller, Matthew Patrick, Christina Neal
Eruptions in sync: Improved constraints on Kīlauea Volcano's hydraulic connection Eruptions in sync: Improved constraints on Kīlauea Volcano's hydraulic connection
Kīlauea Volcano is an archetype for the complex interactions that can occur between a volcano’s summit and flanks. Decades of monitoring at Kīlauea have demonstrated that magma rises beneath the summit and flows laterally at shallow depths to erupt along the rift zones. Kīlauea’s recent eruptions at Halema‘uma‘u and Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō mark the first time in the historic record that long-term (>1...
Authors
Matthew Patrick, Tim Orr, Kyle Anderson, Don Swanson
Lava lake activity at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano in 2016 Lava lake activity at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano in 2016
The ongoing summit eruption at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, began in March 2008 with the formation of the Overlook crater, within Halema‘uma‘u Crater. As of late 2016, the Overlook crater contained a large, persistently active lava lake (250 × 190 meters). The accessibility of the lake allows frequent direct observations, and a robust geophysical monitoring network closely tracks subtle...
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Matthew Patrick, Tim Orr, Donald A. Swanson, Tamar Elias, Brian Shiro
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Lava lake thermal pattern classification using self organizing maps and relationships to eruption processes at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii Lava lake thermal pattern classification using self organizing maps and relationships to eruption processes at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
Kīlauea Volcano’s active summit lava lake poses hazards to downwind residents and over 1.6 million Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park visitors each year. The lava lake surface is dynamic; crustal plates separated by incandescent cracks move across the lake as magma circulates below. We hypothesize that these dynamic thermal patterns are related to changes in other volcanic processes, such...
Authors
Amy Burzynski, Steve Anderson, Kerryn Morrison, Matthew Patrick, Tim Orr, Weston Thelen
Controls on lava lake level at Halema‘uma‘u Crater, Kīlauea Volcano Controls on lava lake level at Halema‘uma‘u Crater, Kīlauea Volcano
The height of the lava column is a fundamental measure of open-vent volcanic activity, but little continuous long-term data exist to understand this parameter. The recent (2008-2018) lava lake activity at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano provides a unique opportunity to track and understand the processes that control lava level over timescales ranging from minutes to years. We review...
Authors
Matthew Patrick, Donald A. Swanson, Tim Orr
The 2018 rift eruption and summit collapse of Kilauea Volcano The 2018 rift eruption and summit collapse of Kilauea Volcano
In 2018, Kīlauea Volcano experienced its largest lower East Rift Zone (LERZ) eruption and caldera collapse in at least 200 years. After collapse of the Pu'u 'Ō'ō vent on 30 April, magma propagated downrift. Eruptive fissures opened in the LERZ on 3 May, eventually extending ~6.8 km. A 4 May earthquake (M6.9) produced ~5 m of fault slip. Lava erupted at rates exceeding 100 m3/s...
Authors
Christina Neal, Steven Brantley, Loren Antolik, Janet Babb, Matthew Burgess, Michael Cappos, Jefferson Chang, Sarah Conway, Liliana Desmither, Peter Dotray, Tamar Elias, Pauline Fukunaga, Steven Fuke, Ingrid Johanson, Kevan Kamibayashi, James Kauahikaua, R. Lopaka Lee, S. Pekalib, Asta Miklius, Brian Shiro, Don Swanson, Patricia Nadeau, Michael Zoeller, P. Okubo, Carolyn Parcheta, Matthew Patrick, William Tollett, Frank A. Trusdell, Edward Younger, Emily Montgomery-Brown, Kyle Anderson, Michael Poland, Jessica Ball, Joseph A. Bard, Michelle Coombs, Hannah R. Dietterich, Christoph Kern, Weston Thelen, Peter Cervelli, Tim Orr, Bruce Houghton, Cheryl Gansecki, Richard Hazlett, Paul Lundgren, Angela K. Diefenbach, Allan Lerner, Greg Waite, Peter Kelly, Laura E. Clor, Cynthia Werner, Katherine Mulliken, Gary Fisher, David Damby
Crisis remote sensing during the 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea Volcano Crisis remote sensing during the 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea Volcano
Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, is renowned as one of the most active and closely monitored volcanoes on Earth. Scores of seismometers and deformation sensors form an array across the volcano to detect subsurface magmatic activity, and ground observers track eruptions on the surface. In addition to this dense ground-based monitoring, remote sensing – both airborne and spaceborne – has become a...
Authors
Michael H. Zoeller, Matthew Patrick, Christina Neal
Eruptions in sync: Improved constraints on Kīlauea Volcano's hydraulic connection Eruptions in sync: Improved constraints on Kīlauea Volcano's hydraulic connection
Kīlauea Volcano is an archetype for the complex interactions that can occur between a volcano’s summit and flanks. Decades of monitoring at Kīlauea have demonstrated that magma rises beneath the summit and flows laterally at shallow depths to erupt along the rift zones. Kīlauea’s recent eruptions at Halema‘uma‘u and Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō mark the first time in the historic record that long-term (>1...
Authors
Matthew Patrick, Tim Orr, Kyle Anderson, Don Swanson
Lava lake activity at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano in 2016 Lava lake activity at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano in 2016
The ongoing summit eruption at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, began in March 2008 with the formation of the Overlook crater, within Halema‘uma‘u Crater. As of late 2016, the Overlook crater contained a large, persistently active lava lake (250 × 190 meters). The accessibility of the lake allows frequent direct observations, and a robust geophysical monitoring network closely tracks subtle...
Authors
Matthew Patrick, Tim Orr, Donald A. Swanson, Tamar Elias, Brian Shiro