Geologic mapping and interpretation of Quaternary and recent eruptive products at active Alaskan volcanoes; hazards assessment; eruption crisis response including observation and documentation of volcanic activity, and dissemination of information to Federal, State, and local authorities as well as the media, scientific community, and the general public.
Orr, T.R., Dietterich, H.R., Grapenthin, R., Haney, M.M., Loewen, M.W., Saunders-Schultz, P., Tan, D., Waythomas, C.F., and Wech, A.G., 2025, 2022 Volcanic activity in Alaska and the Northern Mariana Islands-Summary of events and response of the Alaska Volcano Observatory: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2024-5108, 46 p. https://doi.org/ 10.3133/sir20245108
Hults, C.P., Hansen, D., Brady, G., Orr, T.R., and Dietterich, H.R., 2025, Digital surface model and orthoimagery of Iliamna Volcano and Johnson River, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey data release. https://doi.org/10.5066/P13OCPID
Orr, T., Coombs, W.M., Rader, E., and Larsen, J.F., 2025, Does the Lost Jim lava flow (Alaska) really preserve evidence of interaction with permafrost?: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research v. 464, 108347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2025.108347
Orr, T., Cameron, C.E., Dietterich, H.R., Loewen, M.W., Lopez, T., Lyons, J.J., Nakai, J., Power, J.A., Searcy, C., Tepp, G., and Waythomas, C.W., 2024, 2020 Volcanic activity in Alaska - Summary of events and response of the Alaska Volcano Observatory: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2024-5004, 34 p. https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20245004.
Orr, T.R., Dietterich, H.R., Fee D., Girona, T., Grapenthin, R., Haney, M.M., Loewen, M.W., Lyons, J.J., Power, J.A., Schwaiger, H.F., Schneider, D.J., Tan, D., Toney, L., Wasser, V.K., and Waythomas, C.F., 2024, 2021 Volcanic activity in Alaska and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - Summary of events and response of the Alaska Volcano Observatory: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2024-5014, 64 p. https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20245014.
Dietterich, H.R., Loewen, M.W., Laker, M., Orr, T., and Hults, C., 2021, Digital elevation models and orthoimagery from the 2018 eruption of Veniaminof, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9VEFFRX.