Scientific Papers about the Summit Region of Mauna Kea

  1. Yoshikawa, K., N. Schorghofer, F. Klasner (2023). Permafrost and seasonal frost thermal dynamics over fifty years on tropical Maunakea volcano, Hawai'i. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 55, 2186485.
  2. Schorghofer, N., M. Leopold, F.L. Klasner (2023). A third pond on the Mauna Kea summit plateau. Pacific Science 76, 277-287.
  3. van Kooten, M.A.M. and J.G. Izett (2022). Climate change and astronomy: a look at long-term trends on Maunakea. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 134, 095001.
  4. Morris, R.V., Rampe, E.B., Vaniman, D.T., Christoffersen, R., Yen, et al. (2020). Hydrothermal precipitation of sanidine (Adularia) having full Al, Si structural disorder and specular Hematite at Maunakea Volcano (Hawai’i) and at Gale Crater (Mars). J. Geophys. Res.: Planets 125, e2019JE006324.
  5. Zaman, K.H.A.U., Z. Hu, X. Wu, X., S. Cao (2020). Tryptoquivalines W and X, two new compounds from a Hawaiian fungal strain and their biological activities. Tetrahedron Letters 61, 151730.
  6. Frazier, A.G. and L. Brewington (2019). Current changes in alpine ecosystems of Pacific islands. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. 13pp, Elsevier. [review article]
  7. Martin, J., N. Schorghofer, K. Yoshikawa, F.L. Klasner (2019). Snow cover in Hawaii (1893-1953) and its effect on ground temperature. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 51, 148-154.
  8. Medeiros, M.J., J. Kirkpatrick, C.H. Elliott, A. Prestes, J. Eiben, D. Rubinoff (2019). Two new day-flying species of Agrotis Ochsenheimer (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from the alpine summit of the Maunakea Volcano. Zootaxa 4545, 277-285.
  9. Schorghofer, N., S. Businger, M. Leopold (2018). The coldest places in Hawaii: The ice-preserving microclimates of high-altitude craters and caves on tropical island volcanoes. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 99, 2313-2324. [full text]
  10. Barnes, P.W., R.J. Ryel, S.D. Flint (2017). UV screening in native and non-native plant species in the tropical alpine: Implications for climate change-driven migration of species to higher elevations. Frontiers in Plant Science 8, 1451 (11p).
  11. Stephenson, N., R. Perroy, J. Eiben, F. Klasner (2017). High resolution habitat suitability modelling for an endemic restricted-range Hawaiian insect (Nysius wekiuicola, Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Journal of Insect Conservation 21, 87-96.
  12. Schorghofer, N., M. Leopold, K. Yoshikawa (2017). State of high-altitude permafrost on tropical Maunakea volcano, Hawaii. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 28, 685-697.
  13. Zhang, C., K. Hamilton, Y. Wang (2017). Monitoring and projecting snow on Hawaii Island. Earth’s Future 5, 436-448.
  14. Kramer, M.G. and O.A. Chadwick (2016). Controls on carbon storage and weathering in volcanic soils across a high elevation climate gradient on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Ecology 97, 2384-2395.
  15. Leopold, M., A. Morelli, N. Schorghofer (2016). Subsurface architecture of two tropical alpine desert cinder cones that hold water. J. Geophys. Res.: Earth Surface 121, 1148-1160. [full text]
  16. Francisco, K.S., P.J. Hart, J. Li, E.R. Cook, P.J. Baker (2015). Annual rings in a native Hawaiian tree, Sophora chrysophylla, on Maunakea, Hawaii. Journal of Tropical Ecology 31, 567-571.
  17. Delparte, D.M., M. Belt, C. Nishioka, N. Turner, R.T. Richardson, T. Ericksen (2014). Monitoring tropical alpine lake levels in a culturally sensitive environment utilizing 3D technological approaches. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 46, 709-718.
  18. Eaton, L.A. and S. Businger (2014). Using a snow drift model to simulate eolian drift and snowfall on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 46, 719-734.
  19. Schorghofer, N., E. Kantar, P.M. Nogelmeier (2014). Snow on the summits of Hawaiʻi Island: Historical Sources from 1778 to 1870. Hawaiian Journal of History 48, 89-113.
  20. Eiben, J. and D. Rubinoff (2014). Application of agriculture-developed demographic analysis for the conservation of the Hawaiian alpine Wekiu bug. Conserv. Biol. 28, 1077-1088.
  21. Patrick, M.R. and D. Delparte (2014). Tracking dramatic changes at Hawaii's only Alpine lake. EOS 95, 117-118.
  22. Metzger, P.T., J. Smith, J.E. Lane (2011). Phenomenology of soil erosion due to rocket exhaust on the Moon and the Mauna Kea lunar test site. J. Geophys. Res.: Planets 116, E06005.
  23. Eiben, J.A. and D. Rubinoff (2010). Life history and captive rearing of the Wekiu bug (Nysius wekiuicola, Lygaeidae), an alpine carnivore endemic to the Mauna Kea volcano of Hawaii. Journal of Insect Conservation 14, 701-709.
  24. Anslow, F.S., P.U. Clark, M.D. Kurz, S.W. Hostetler (2010). Geochronology and paleoclimatic implications of the last deglaciation of the Mauna Kea Ice Cap, Hawaii. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 297, 234-248.
  25. Pigati, J.S., M. Zreda, C. Zweck, P.F. Almasi, D. Elmore, W.D. Sharp (2008). Ages and inferred causes of Late Pleistocene glaciations on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Journal of Quaternary Science 23, 683-702.
  26. Mills, P.R., S.P. Lundblad, J.G. Smith, P.C. McCoy, S.P. Naleimaile (2008). Science and sensitivity: A geochemical characterization of the Mauna Kea adze quarry complex, Hawai'i island, Hawaii. American Antiquity 73, 743-758.
  27. Guinness, E. A., Arvidson, R. E., Jolliff, B. L., Seelos, K. D., Seelos, F. P., Ming, D. W., Morris, R. V., Graff, T. G. (2007). Hyperspectral reflectance mapping of cinder cones at the summit of Mauna Kea and implications for equivalent observations on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 112(E8), E08S11. [full text]
  28. Onopa, J., Haley, A., Yeow, M. E. (2007). Survey of acute mountain sickness on Mauna Kea. High Altitude Medicine & Biology 8, 200-205.
  29. Blard, P.-H., J. Lave, R. Pik, P. Wagnon, D. Bourles (2007). Persistence of full glacial conditions in the central Pacific until 15,000 years ago. Nature 449, 591-594.
  30. Galewsky, J., M. Strong, Z.D. Sharp (2007). Measurements of water vapor D/H ratios from Mauna Kea Hawaii, and implications for subtropical humidity dynamics. Geophysical Research Letters 34, L22808. [full text]
  31. Ehlmann, B.L., R.E. Arvidson, B.L. Jolliff, S.S. Johnson, et al. (2005). Hydrologic and isotopic modeling of Alpine Lake Waiau, Mauna Kea, Hawai'i. Pacific Science 59, 1-15. [full text]
  32. Porter, S.C. (2005). Pleistocene snowlines and glaciation of the Hawaiian Islands. Quaternary International 138-139, 118-128.
  33. Duman, J.G. and S.L. Montgomery (2005). Subzero temperature adaptations in arthropods from the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Journal of Experimental Zoology 259, 409-412.
  34. Morris, R.V., D.C. Golden, D.W. Ming, et al. (2001). Phyllosilicate-poor palagonitic dust from Mauna Kea Volcano (Hawaii): A mineralogical analogue for magnetic Martian dust? J. Geophys. Res. 106, 5057-5083. [full text]
  35. Hostetler, S.W. and P.U. Clark (2000). Tropical climate at the last glacial maximum inferred from glacier mass-balance modeling. Science 290, 1747-1750.
  36. Kinzie, R., A. Banaszak, M. Lesser (1998). Effects of ultraviolet radiation on primary productivity in a high altitude tropical lake. Hydrobiologia 385, 23-32.
  37. Porter, S.C. (1997). Late Pleistocene eolian sediments related to pyroclastic eruptions of Mauna Kea volcano, Hawaii. Quaternary Research 47, 261-276
  38. Wolfe, E.W., W.S. Wise, B. Dalrymple (1997). The geology and petrology of Mauna Kea volcano, Hawaii - A study of postshield volcanism. USGS Professional Paper 1557, 129 pages. [full text]
  39. Golden, D.C., R.V. Morris, D.W. Ming, H.V. Lauer Jr., S.R. Yang (1993). Mineralogy of three slightly palagonitized basaltic tephra samples from the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. J. Geophys. Res. 98(E2), 3401-3411.
  40. Peng, L. and J.W. King (1992). A late Quaternary geomagnetic secular variation record from Lake Waiau, Hawaii, and the question of the Pacific nondipole low. J. Geophys. Res. 97, 4407-4424.
  41. Gavenda, R.T. (1992). Hawaiian quaternary paleoenvironments: a review of geological, pedological, and botanical evidence. Pacific Science 46, 295-307. [full text]
  42. Frey, F. A., Garcia, M. O., Wise, W. S., Kennedy, A., Gurriet, P., Albarede, F. (1991). The evolution of Mauna Kea volcano, Hawaii: petrogenesis of tholeiitic and alkalic basalts. J. Geophys. Res. 96(B9), 14347-14375.
  43. Frey, F. A., et al. (1990). Evolution of Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii: Petrologic and geochemical constraints on postshield volcanism. J. Geophys. Res. 95(B2), 1271-1300.
  44. Woodcock, A.H. (1987). Mountain breathing revisited - the hyperventilation of a volcano cindercone. Bull. Am. Meteor. Soc. 68, 125-130.
  45. Bely, P-Y. (1987). Weather and seeing on Mauna Kea. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 99, 560-570.
  46. Porter, S.C. (1986). Glaciation of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Quatern. Sci. Rev. 5, 181-182.
  47. Erasmus, D.A. (1986). Meteorological conditions affecting observing quality on Mauna-Kea. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 98, 254-259.
  48. Ashlock, P.D. and W.C. Gagne (1983). A remarkable new micropterous Nysius species from the aeolian zone of Mauna Kea, Hawai`i Island. Int. J. Entomol. 25, 47-55.
  49. Maciolek, J.A. (1982). Lakes and lake-like waters of the Hawaiian archipelago. Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 25, 1-14. [full text]
  50. King, J., S. K. Banerjee, J. Marvin, O. Ozdemir (1982). A comparison of differnt magnetic methods for determining the relative grain size of magnetite in natural materials: some results from lake sediments. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 59, 404-419.
  51. Laws, E.A. and A.H. Woodcock (1981). Hypereutrophication of an Hawaiian Alpine Lake. Pacific Science 35, 257-261. [full text]
  52. Woodcock, A.H. (1980). Hawaiian alpine lake level, rainfall trends, and spring flow. Pacific Science 34, 195-209.
  53. Howarth, F.G. and S.L. Montgomery (1980). Notes on the ecology of the high-altitude aeolian zone on Mauna Ke'a. Elepaio: Journal of the Hawaii Audubon Society 41(3), 21-22. [full text]
  54. Woodcock, A.H. and I. Friedman (1979). Mountain breathing - preliminary studies of air-land interaction on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Geol. Survey. Professional Paper 1123-A-D. Shorter Contributions to Geophysics, A1-A8.
  55. Porter, S.C. (1979). Hawaiian glacial ages. Quaternary Research 12, 161-187.
  56. Porter, S.C. (1979). Quaternary stratigraphy and chronology of Mauna Kea, Hawaii: A 380,000-yr record of mid-Pacific volcanism and ice-cap glaciation. Bull. Geol. Soc. Am. 90, 609-611.
  57. Massey, J.E. (1979). The diatoms of contemporary and ancient sediments from Lake Waiau, Hawaii, and their geochemical environment. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 27, 77-83.
  58. Massey, J.E. (1978). Morphological characteristics of the diatom flora of Lake Waiau: variation and speciation. Pacific Science 32, 215-217. [full text]
  59. Fan, P.-F. (1978). Mineralogy of sediments from Lake Waiau, Hawaii. Pacific Science 32, 219-221. [full text]
  60. Porter, S.C., M. Stuiver, I.C. Yang (1977). Chronology of Hawaiian glaciations. Science 195, 61-63.
  61. Adams, W.M., G. Watts, G. Mason (1976). Estimation of thermal diffusivity from field observations of temperature as a function of time and depth. American Mineralogist 61, 560-568.
  62. Woodcock, A.H. (1974). Permafrost and climatology of a Hawaii volcano crater. Arctic and Alpine Research 6, 49-62.
  63. Ugolini, F.C. (1974). Hydrothermal origin of the clays from the upper slopes of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Clays and Clay Minerals 22, 189-194.
  64. Porter, S.C. (1972). Distribution, morphology, and size frequency of cinder cones on Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii. Bull. Geol. Soc. Am. 83, 3607-3612. [full text]
  65. Porter, S.C. (1972). Buried caldera of Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii. Science 175, 1458-1460.
  66. Porter, S.C. (1971). Holocene eruptions of Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii. Science 172, 375-377.
  67. Woodcock, A.H., A.S. Furumoto, G.P. Woollard (1970). Fossil ice in Hawaii? Nature 226, 873.
  68. Woodcock, A.H. and G.W. Groves (1969). Negative thermal gradient under alpine lake in Hawaii. Deep Sea Research, Suppl. 16, 393-405.
  69. Maciolek, J.A. (1969). Freshwater lakes in Hawaii. Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie: Verhandlungen 17, 386-391.
  70. Woodcock, A.H., M. Rubin, R.A. Duce (1966). Deep layer of sediments in alpine lake in the tropical mid-Pacific. Science 154, 647-648.
  71. Price, S. (1962). Snowfall in Hawaii. Weatherwise 15, 278.
  72. Stearns, H.T. (1945). Glaciation of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Bull. Geol. Soc. Am. 56, 267-274.
  73. Wentworth, C.K. and W.E. Powers (1943). Glacial springs on the Island of Hawaii. Journal of Geology 60, 542-547.
  74. Wentworth, C.K. and W.E. Powers (1941). Multiple glaciation of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Bull. Geol. Soc. Am. 52, 1193-1217. [full text]
  75. Hartt, C.E. and M.C. Neal (1940). The plant ecology of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Ecology 21, 237-266.
  76. Wentworth, C.K. (1940). Ablation of snow under the vertical sun in Hawaii. American Journal of Science 238, 112-116.
  77. Raine, C.T. (1939). Meteorological reports of the Mauna Kea Expedition, 1935 (II): The meteorological observations at Lake Waiau, August 8-19, 1935. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 20(3), 97-99.
  78. Gregory, H.E. and C.K. Wentworth (1937). General features and glacial geology of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 48, 1719-1742.
  79. Ueno, M. (1936). Cladocera of Mauna Kea, Hawaii Bernice P. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers XII(11), 3-9. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Note: The above bibliography includes papers about the geology, climate, hydrology, and entomology of the uppermost part of Mauna Kea (the summit plateau). It generally does not include papers about archeology, astronomy, astronomical seeing, or the large-scale geology of the volcano.

Books, Book Chapters, Reports, and Theses

  1. Kirkpatrick, J. A. (2018). An Assessment of Nysius wekiuicola Populations and Thermal Microhabitat Conditions on Cinder Cones of the Maunakea Volcano, Hawai‘i. MS Thesis, University of Hawaii at Hilo. [full text]
  2. Schorghofer, N. (2018). "Permafrost Survey on the Maunakea Summit Plateau". Final report prepared for the Office of Maunakea Management and the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, 28pp. [full text]
  3. Patrick, M. R. and J. Kauahikaua (2015). Satellite monitoring of dramatic changes at Hawaii's only Alpine lake - Lake Waiau on Mauna Kea Volcano. USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2015-5076, 16pp. [full text]
  4. West, M. J. (2015). A Sky Wonderful with Stars: 50 Years of Modern Astronomy on Maunakea. University of Hawaii Press, 216pp.
  5. Conway, D. J. (2013). Determining if hydrogen oxidation promotes survival of bacteria isolated from a Lake Waiau, Hawaii microbial mat. Undergraduate honors thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Adviser: Gary M. King
  6. Lang, L. and Byrne, D. A. (2013). Mauna Kea, A Guide to Hawaii's Sacred Mountain. 2nd edition, Watermark Publishing.
  7. Eiben, J. (2012). Applied conservation research of the wekiu bug in Hawai`i: Life table analysis, population genetics, and phylogenetics create a holistic view of a rare and unique species. PhD Thesis, University of Hawaii.
  8. Da Silva, S. (2012). High altitude climate of the island of Hawaii. MS Thesis, University of Hawaii [full text]
  9. Preston, D. J., Englund, R., Myers, S., Imada, C., Garcia, J. (2012). Results of the 2011 Alien species and wēkiu bug (Nysius wekiuicola) surveys on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawai ‘i Island. Final Report prepared for the Office of Mauna Kea Management, University of Hawaii at Hilo. 40pp.
  10. Eaton, L. A. (2011). Modeling the ecology of the Wekiu bug's Mauna Kea environment. MS Thesis, University of Hawaii.
  11. Ehses, J. (2007). GIS-gestützte Abschätzung möglicher Permafrostvorkommen am Mauna Kea, Hawaii, mittels klimageographischer Modellierung. Master's thesis, Technische Hochschule Aachen.
  12. da Silva, Sara Couto (2006). Climatological Analysis of Meteorological Observations of the Summit of Mauna Kea. Dissertation, University of Lisbon, pp 77.
  13. Porter, S. and R. Englund (2006). Possible geologic factors influencing the distribution of the Wekiu bug on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Final Report prep. for the Office of Mauna Kea Management, Hilo, Hawaii. pp 29.
  14. Lippiatt, S. (2005). The isolation and identification of diatoms from Lake Waiau sediments. Journal of Young Investigators 13(4), 6.
  15. Lang, L. and Byrne, D. A. (2005). Mauna Kea, A Guide to Hawaii's Sacred Mountain. Watermark Publishing, pp 152.
  16. West, M. J. (2005). A Gentle Rain of Starlight: The Story of Astronomy on Mauna Kea. Island Heritage, pp 108.
  17. Kumu Pono Associates LLC (2005). Mauna Kea - Ka Piko Kaulana O Ka Aina (Mauna Kea - The Famous Summit of the Land): A Collection of Native Traditions, Historical Accounts, and Oral History Interviews for: Mauna Kea, the Lands of Kaohe, Humuula and the Aina Mauna on the Island of Hawaii. Hilo, Hawaii, pp 640.
  18. Porter, S. C. (2004). Glaciation of the Hawaiian Islands. Developments in Quaternary Sciences 2(B), 69-70.
  19. Sarazin, M. (ed.) (2003). ESPAS Site Summary Series: Mauna Kea. [full text]
  20. Howarth, F. G., Brenner, G., Preston, D. J. (1999). An arthropod assessment within selected areas of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve. Final Report prepared for the University of Hawaii. pp 59.
  21. Morris, R. V., D. W. Ming, D. C. Golden, J. F. Bell III (1996). An occurrence of jarositic tephra on Mauna Kea, Hawaii: Implications for the ferric mineralogy of Martian surface. In: Mineral Spetroscopy: A Tribute to Roger G. Burns. eds. M. D. Dyar et al. The Geochemical Society, Special Publication No. 5.
  22. Dorn, R. I. (1991). Glacial chronology of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, as constrained by surface-exposure dating. National Geographic Research & Exploration 7, 456-471.
  23. Wolfe, E. W. (1987). Mauna Kea Summit and South Flank: Field Trip Guidebook. Geological Society of America, pp 38.
  24. Cruikshank, D. P. (1986). Mauna Kea: A Guide to the Upper Slopes and Observatories. University of Hawaii, pp 59.
  25. Macdonald, G. A., A. T. Abbott, F. L. Peterson (1983). "Work of Ice", Chapter 14 in Volcanoes in the Sea: The Geology of Hawaii. 2nd edition, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
  26. Massey, J. E. (1978). Lake Waiau: A Study of a Tropical Alpine Lake, Past and Present. PhD Thesis, Botanical Sciences, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, pp 130.
  27. Stefanick, L. L. (1973). Summer succession of the micro organisms inhabiting Lake Waiau, Hawaii. MA Thesis, University of South Dakota.
Also see the comprehensive catalogue at the OMKM/CMS Library.
Compiled by NS, 2013-2023