05-24-2018, 06:47 AM
Considering how much time has been put into studying Kilauea’s features, and especially those associated with the magmatic processes and resulting land deformation, I think any speculation of specific features like the Hilina Pali Slump complex would be best if it included references to the reams of material already published on the subject.
For instance, a former HVO staff geophysicist who specializes in the deformation of Kilauea, Roger Denlinger, in his pager titled Instability of Hawaiian Volcanoes, goes a long way towards describing the features you are referring to. Further, in Roger’s paper he shows why there is every reason to see earthquakes but none to anticipate eruptions in the area you are fixating on. Roger's paper can be read here:
https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1801/downloads/...linger.pdf
For instance, a former HVO staff geophysicist who specializes in the deformation of Kilauea, Roger Denlinger, in his pager titled Instability of Hawaiian Volcanoes, goes a long way towards describing the features you are referring to. Further, in Roger’s paper he shows why there is every reason to see earthquakes but none to anticipate eruptions in the area you are fixating on. Roger's paper can be read here:
https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1801/downloads/...linger.pdf