Publications

Analogue experiments and rheology

Hao, M., Zhou, W. Y., Hrubiak, R., Kenney-Benson, C., Kavanagh, J. L., Davis, W., & Zhang, J. S. (2024). The ultralow viscosity of volatile-rich kimberlite magma: Implications for the water content of primitive kimberlite melts. Science Advances, 10(36), eado8550.
Chalk, C. M., & Kavanagh, J. L. (2024). Up, down, and round again: The circulating flow dynamics of flux-driven fractures. Physics of Fluids, 36(3).
Martin, S. A., Závada, P., & Kavanagh, J. L., 2023. Plaster and magnets: Modelling magnetic fabric development in magma intrusions using scaled analogue experiments. Tectonophysics, 855, 229820.
Williams, K.M., Kavanagh, J.L. and Dennis, D.J.C., 2022. Focused flow during the formation and propagation of sills: Insights from analogue experiments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 584, 117492.
Town, A.R., Niezabitowska, E., Kavanagh, J., Barrow, M., Kearns, V., García-Tuñón, E. and McDonald, T.O., 2019. Understanding the Phase and Morphological Behavior of Dispersions of Synergistic Dual-Stimuli Responsive poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) Nanogels. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 123, 29, 6303-6313.
Gaete, A., Kavanagh, J.L., Rivalta, E. and Walter, T., 2019. The influence of unloading stresses on post-caldera magma intrusions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 508, 109-121.
Kavanagh, J.L., Burns, A.J., Hilmi Hazim, S., Wood, E., Martin, S.A., Hignett, S. Dennis, D.J.C., 2018. Challenging dyke ascent models using novel laboratory experiments: Implications for reinterpreting evidence of magma ascent and volcanism. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 354, p. 87-101.
Kavanagh, J.L. Rogers, B., Boutelier, D. and Cruden A. (2017). Controls on sill and dyke-sill hybrid geometry and propagation in the crust: The role of fracture toughness. Tectonophysics, 698(C), pp.109–120.
Kavanagh, J.L., Boutelier, D. and Cruden A., 2015. The mechanics of sill inception, propagation and growth: Experimental evidence for rapid reduction in magmatic overpressure. Earth & Planetary Science Letters.
Kavanagh, J.L., Menand. T., and Daniels, K.A, 2013. Gelatine as a crustal analogue: determining elastic properties for modelling magmatic intrusions. Tectonophysics, v. 582, p. 101-111.
Brooker, R., Sparks R.S.J., Kavanagh, J.L., and Field M., 2011. The volatile content of hypabyssal kimberlite magmas: some constraints from experiments on natural rock compositions. Bulletin of Volcanology, 73: 959-981.
Sparks, R.S.J., Brooker, R.A., Field, M., Kavanagh, J.L., Schumacher, J.C., Walter, M.J., White, J., 2009. The nature of erupting kimberlite melts. Lithos, 112S, 429-438.
Kavanagh, J.L., Menand, T., and Sparks, R.S.J., 2006. An experimental investigation of sill formation and propagation in layered elastic media. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 245: 799-813.

Numerical modelling

Clunes, M., Browning, J., Cortez, J., Cembrano, J., Marquardt, C., Kavanagh, J. L., & Gudmundsson, A. (2024). Stresses induced by magma chamber pressurization altered by mechanical layering and layer dip. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129(5), e2023JB027760.
Clunes, M., Browning, J., Marquardt, C., Cortez, J., Drymoni, K., & Kavanagh, J. (2023). Inclination and heterogeneity of layered geological sequences influence dike-induced ground deformation. Geology, 51(3), 278-283.
Kavanagh, J.L. and Sparks, R.S.J., 2009. Temperature changes in ascending kimberlite magma. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 286(3): 404-413.

Field-based experiments

Martin, S., Kavanagh, J.L. and Biggin, A., 2022. Deciphering syn- and post-emplacement processes in shallow mafic dykes. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 422, 107456.
Martin, S., Kavanagh, J.L., Biggin, A. and Utley, J., 2019. The origin and evolution of magnetic fabrics in mafic sills. Frontiers in Earth Science 7, 64.
Kavanagh, J.L. & Pavier, M.J., 2014. Rock interface strength influences fluid-filled fracture propagation pathways in the crust. Journal of Structural Geology.
Daniels, K.A., Kavanagh, J.L., Menand, T., and Sparks, R.S.J., 2012. The shapes of dikes: evidence for the influence of cooling and inelastic deformation. GSA Bulletin.
Kavanagh, J.L., and Sparks, R.S.J., 2011. Insights of dyke emplacement mechanics from detailed 3-D dyke thickness datasets. Journal of the Geological Society, 168: 965-978.
Brown, R., Kavanagh, J.L., Sparks, R.S.J., Tait, M., and Field, M., 2007. Mechanically disrupted and chemically weakened zones in segmented dike systems cause vent localization: Evidence from kimberlite volcanic systems. Geology, 35(9): 815-818.

Equality, diversity, inclusion and science communication

Chim, M. M., Maters, E. C., Morin, J., Kavanagh, J. L., Donovan, A., Aubry, T. J., & Schmidt, A. (2023). Disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on early career researchers and disabled researchers in volcanology. Frontiers in Earth Science, 11.
Fernández-Blanco, D., Lacassin, R., Gouiza, M., Perez-Diáz, L., Craig Magee, McCarthy, D., Doré, T., Péron-Pinvidic, G., Kavanagh, J, Bond, C., and Schmitt, R., 2023. Tektonika: The Community-Led Diamond Open-Access Journal for Tectonics and Structural Geology. Tektonika, v1, issue 1, p1-13.
Kavanagh, J.L., Annen, C.J., Burchardt, S., Chalk, C., Gallant, E., Morin, J. Scarlett, J. and Williams, R., 2022. Volcanologists - Who are we and where are we going? Bulletin of Volcanology, 84(5), 53.
van der Boon, A., Biggin, A., Paterson, G and Kavanagh, J.L., 2022. Magnetic to the Core – communicating paleomagnetism with hands-on activities. Geoscience Communication, 5, 55-66.

Reviews and Book Chapters

Burchardt, S., Annen, C. J., Kavanagh, J. L., & Hilmi Hazim, S., 2022. Developments in the study of volcanic and igneous plumbing systems: outstanding problems and new opportunities. Bulletin of Volcanology, 84(6), 59.
Russell, K., Sparks, R.S.J. and Kavanagh, J.L., 2019. Kimberlite Volcanology: transport, Ascent and Eruption. Elements 15, 405-410.
Kavanagh, J.L., 2018. Mechanisms of magma transport in the upper crust – Dyking. Burchardt, S. (Ed.), Volcanic and Igneous Plumbing Systems – understanding magma transport, storage and evolution in the Earth’s crust, Elsevier, p. 55-88.
Kavanagh, J.L., Engwell, S. and Martin, S., 2018. A review of laboratory and numerical modelling in volcanology. Solid Earth, 9, 531-571.