Matt has worked as a Research Geologist for the U.S. Geological Survey working at the Alaska Volcano Observatory in Anchorage, AK, since 2017. His research utilizes igneous petrology, geochemistry, field mapping, stratigraphy, physical volcanology, and remote sensing techniques to study the geologic history and magmatic system of Alaska volcanoes.
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.
Coombs, M.L., Cameron, C.E., Dietterich, H.R., Boyce, E.S., Wech, A.G., Grapenthin, R., Wallace, K.L., Parker, T., Lopez, T., Crass, S., Fee, D., Haney, M.M., Ketner, D., Loewen, M.W., Lyons, J.J., Nakai, J.S., Power, J.A., Botnick, S., Brewster, I., Enders, M.L., Harmon, D., Kelly, P.J., and Randall, M., 2024, From field station to forecast: managing data at the Alaska Volcano Observatory: Bulletin of Volcanology v. 86, 79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-024-01766-0
Loewen, M.W., Wallace, Kristi, Coombs, M.L., and Mulliken, K.M., 2023, Tephra samples and analyses from Cook Inlet source volcanoes and Anchor Point, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2023-25, 4 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31090
Moshrefzadeh, J., Izbekov, P., Loewen, M., Larsen, J., and Regan, S., 2023, Dating individual zones in phenocrysts from the 2016–2017 eruption of Bogoslof volcano provides constraints on timescales of magmatic processes: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research v. 435, article no. 107741, 16 p. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107741.
Loewen, M.W., Dietterich, Hannah, and Rosenkrans, H.S., 2023, Davidof volcano samples and analyses: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2023-22, 4 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31084.
Lubbers, J., Loewen, M., Wallace, K., Coombs, M., and Addison, J., 2023, Probabilistic source classification of large tephra producing eruptions using supervised machine learning - an example from the Alaska-Aleutian Arc: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems v. 24, no. 11, e2023GC011037. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GC011037.
Waythomas, C.F., Dietterich, H.R., Tepp, G.M., Lopez, T.M., and Loewen, M.W., 2022, The 2018 eruption of Mount Veniaminof, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2022-5075, 32 p. https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20225075.
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.
Loewen, M.L., Dietterich, H.R., Graham, Nathan, and Izbekov, Pavel, 2021, Evolution in eruptive style of the 2018 eruption of Veniaminof volcano, Alaska, reflected in groundmass textures and remote sensing: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 83, no. 72, 19 p., https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-021-01489-6.
Hudak, M.R., Bindeman, I.N., Loewen, M.W., and Giachetti, Thomas, 2021, Syn-eruptive hydration of volcanic ash records pyroclast-water interaction in explosive eruptions: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 48, e2021GL094141, doi:10.1029/2021GL094141.
Lopez, Taryn, Lieven, Clarisse, Schwaiger, Hans, Van Eaton, Alexa, Loewen, Matthew, Fee, David, Lyons, John, Wallace, Kristi, Searcy, Cheryl, Wech, Aaron, Haney, Matthew, Schnieder, David, and Graham, Nathan, 2020, Constraints on eruption processes and event masses for the 2016-2017 eruption of Bogoslof volcano, Alaska, through evalution of IASI satellite SO2 masses and complementary datasets: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 82, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1348-z.
Waythomas, C.F., Loewen, M., Wallace, K.L., Cameron, C.E., and Larsen, J.F., 2020, Geology and eruptive history of Bogoslof volcano: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 82, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1352-3.
Loewen, M.L., Izbekov, Pavel, Moshrefzadeh, Jamshid, Coombs, Michelle, Larsen, Jessica, Graham, Nathan, Harbin, Michelle, Waythomas, Christopher, and Wallace, Kristi, 2019, Petrology of the 2016-2017 eruption of Bogoslof Island, Alaska: Bulletin of Volcanology v. 81, n. 72, 20 p., doi:10.1007/s00445-019-1333-6.