2024
Journal - Research Article
Scott, J. M., Brenna, M., Pearson, D. G., Auer, A., Faure, K., Harris, C., … Mortimer, N., … Reid, M. R., … Stirling, C. H., … van der Meer, Q. H. A. (2024). Garnet pyroxenite cumulates from Cretaceous alkaline intraplate magmas underplate the Zealandia mantle lithosphere. Journal of Petrology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/petrology/egae085
Xu, C., Shi, A., Brenna, M., Liu, P., Li, Q., & Fan, C. (2024). Degassing-driven oxidation promotes HREE enrichment in South China granites. Journal of Petrology, 65(7), egae064. doi: 10.1093/petrology/egae064
Shi, A., Xu, C., Fan, C., Chakhmouradian, A. R., Brenna, M., & Wei, C. (2024). Structural defects of heavy rare earth element minerals in granite accelerate their decomposition and facilitate mineralization during weathering. Economic Geology, 119(4), 871-883. doi: 10.5382/econgeo.5057
Zhang, R., Brenna, M., White, J. D. L., & Kereszturi, G. (2024). Variable controlling factors lead to contrasting patterns of volcanism in the Changbaishan volcanic area (Tianchi-Longgang), China-North Korea: Insights from morphometry and spatial-temporal analyses. Journal of Volcanology & Geothermal Research, 451, 108116. doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2024.108116
Cooper, N. P., Scott, J. M., Brenna, M., Palmer, M. C., le Roux, P. J., Cooper, A. F., Reid, M. R., & Stirling, C. H. (2024). Hydrous veined mantle lithosphere and implications for the source of Zealandia intraplate magmas. Lithos. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2024.107608
Pontesilli, A., Di Fiore, F., Scarlato, P., Ellis, B., Del Bello, E., Andronico, D., … Brenna, M., … Mollo, S. (2024). Magma differentiation in dynamic mush domains from the perspective of multivariate statistics: Open- versus closed-system evolution. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25, e2023GC011396. doi: 10.1029/2023GC011396
Wang, T., Griffin, J. D., Brenna, M., Fletcher, D., Zeng, J., Stirling, M., Dillingham, P. W., & Kang, J. (2024). Earthquake forecasting from paleoseismic records. Nature Communications, 15, 1944. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-46258-z
2023
Journal - Research Article
Corella Santa Cruz, C. R., Straub, S. M., Zellmer, G. F., Stirling, C. H., Reid, M. R., Barr, D., Martin, C. E., Brenna, M., & Nemeth, K. (2023). Geochemical and isotopic characterisation of trench sediment at the Hikurangi Margin from IODP sites U1518 and U1520. New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, 2280031. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2023.2280031
Wilson, L. J. E., Giacalone, E., Scott, J. M., Brenna, M., White, J. D. L., le Roux, P. J., … Palmer, M. C., Read, S. E., Reid, M. R., & Stirling, C. H. (2023). Contemporaneous alkaline and subalkaline intraplate magmatism in the Dunedin Volcanic Group, NZ, caused by mantle heterogeneity. New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2023.2277443
Baxter, R. J. M., White, J. D. L., Ohneiser, C., & Brenna, M. (2023). Reconstruction of subaqueous eruption-fed current characteristics and source location using anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) at Otapahi, Dunedin Volcano, New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128, e2022JB025605. doi: 10.1029/2022JB025605
Zhang, R., Brenna, M., & Kereszturi, G. (2023). Monogenetic scoria cone and associated lava flow volume estimates and their controlling factors. Journal of Volcanology & Geothermal Research, 440, 107872. doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2023.107872
Corella Santa Cruz, C. R., Zellmer, G. F., Stirling, C. H., Straub, S. M., Brenna, M., Reid, M. R., Németh, K., & Barr, D. (2023). Transcrustal and source processes affecting the chemical characteristics of magmas in a hyperactive volcanic zone. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 352, 86-106. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2023.05.003
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Ramos, F. C., Ukstins, I., Adams, D., Shane, P. A. R., Paredes-Mariño, J., Cronin, S. J., Brenna, M., … Wu, J. (2023). The 2021-22 Hunga Tonga eruption: Involvement of three highly depleted magmas in a VEI 6 eruption. Proceedings of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting: Wide. Open. Science. V43A-02. Retrieved from https://www.agu.org
Cronin, S. J., Paredes-Mariño, J., Ukstins, I., Wu, J., Hamilton, K., Adams, D., … Brenna, M., Baxter, R. J. M., … Yeo, I. A. (2023). Is the 2022 Hunga event a new phreatomagmatic eruption type? [Invited]. Proceedings of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting: Wide. Open. Science. V43A-01. Retrieved from https://www.agu.org
Huebsch, M., Colombier, M., Wu, J., Paredes-Mariño, J., Cronin, S., Ukstins, I., … Brenna, M., … Kula, T. (2023). Insights into ascent conditions preserved in quenched pyroclasts from the 2021-2022 eruption of Hunga volcano, Tonga. In G. E. Frontin-Rollett & S. D. Nodder (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 164A, (pp. 116). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Cooper, N. P., Scott, J. M., Brenna, M., Palmer, M. C., le Roux, P. J., Cooper, A. F., Reid, M. R., & Stirling, C. H. (2023). Hydrous veins in the New Zealand mantle lithosphere and their implications for intraplate magmatism. In G. E. Frontin-Rollett & S. D. Nodder (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 164A, (pp. 51). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Jordan, M., Pilet, S., & Brenna, M. (2023). Alkaline and arc-related magmas association in a subduction environment (Alexander Volcanic Group, New Zealand): The role of melts at lithosphere-astehnosphere boundary. Proceedings of the 21st Swiss Geosciences Meeting (SGM). (pp. 75-76). Bern, Switzerland: Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT). Retrieved from https://geoscience-meeting.ch/sgm2023
2022
Journal - Research Article
Park, J., Lim, H., Myeong, B., Jang, Y.-D., & Brenna, M. (2022). Basaltic cognate enclaves from Dokdo Island as a window for intraplate mafic alkaline OIB magma dynamics in a back-arc basin. Contributions to Mineralogy & Petrology, 177, 86. doi: 10.1007/s00410-022-01951-4
Baxter, R. J. M., White, J. D. L., Brenna, M., & Ohneiser, C. (2022). Pre-eruption magma staging at the long-lived intraplate Dunedin Volcano, New Zealand. Terra Nova, 34, 253-263. doi: 10.1111/ter.12585
Brenna, M., Cronin, S. J., Smith, I. E. M., Pontesilli, A., Tost, M., Barker, S., … Vaiomounga, R. (2022). Post-caldera volcanism reveals shallow priming of an intra-ocean arc andesitic caldera: Hunga volcano, Tonga, SW Pacific. Lithos, 412-413, 106614. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106614
Pontesilli, A., Brenna, M., Mollo, S., Masotta, M., Nazzari, M., Le Roux, P., & Scarlato, P. (2022). Trachyte-phonolite transition at Dunedin Volcano: Fingerprints of magma plumbing system maturity and mush evolution. Lithos, 408-409, 106545. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106545
Journal - Research Other
Jordan, M., Pilet, S., & Brenna, M. (2022). Off-rift axis channelized melt and lithospheric metasomatism along mid-ocean ridges: A case study from Iceland on the limits of melt channelling. Journal of Petrology, 63, egac052. doi: 10.1093/petrology/egac052
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Zhang, R., & Brenna, M. (2022). Volcanology, geochemistry and age of Pigroot Hill Volcanic Complex, Waipiata Volcanic Field, New Zealand. In A. V. Zernack & J. Palmer (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 161A, (pp. 322). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Wu, Y., Robinson, J., Lee, D., & Brenna, M. (2022). Geological setting and early oligocene invertebrate fauna at McDonald's Quarry, Kakanui, New Zealand. In A. V. Zernack & J. Palmer (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 161A, (pp. 313). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Stevenson, T., & Brenna, M. (2022). A synthesis of volcanic edifice evolution based on a 3D lithological reconstruction of Heyward Promontory, East Otago, New Zealand. In A. V. Zernack & J. Palmer (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 161A, (pp. 256). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Stenning, A., White, J. D. L., Brenna, M., Hemming, S., Palin, J. M., & Baxter, R. (2022). Refining the early geochronological record for the Dunedin Volcano, New Zealand. In A. V. Zernack & J. Palmer (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 161A, (pp. 252). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Paredes-Mariño, J., White, J. D. L., Dürig, T., Baxter, R., Cronin, S. J., Kula, T., … Brenna, M., & Brooks-Clarke, I. (2022). A tale of extreme fragmentation: The volcanic ash from Hunga Eruption. In A. V. Zernack & J. Palmer (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 161A, (pp. 207). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Huebsch, M., Paredes-Mariño, J., Ukstins, I., Wu, J., Adams, D., Cronin, S., … Brenna, M., White, J., Baxter, R., & Palmer, M. (2022). Using 3D textures to assess magma-water interaction dynamics across varying conditions at Hunga volcano. In A. V. Zernack & J. Palmer (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 161A, (pp. 125). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Cronin, S., Kula, T., Ukstins, I., Romas, F., Paredes-Marino, J., Park, S.-H., … White, J., Baxter, R., Brenna, M., … Garvin, J. (2022). A "big boom": A multi-perspective view of what drove the 15 January 2022 Hunga eruption, Tonga. In A. V. Zernack & J. Palmer (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 161A, (pp. 61). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Corella Santa Cruz, C. R., Stirling, C. H., Zellmer, G. F., Straub, S. M., Brenna, M., & Nemeth, K. (2022). New comprehensive Pb isotopic data Elucidate novel petrogenetic processes across the Taupo Volcanic Zone. In A. V. Zernack & J. Palmer (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 161A, (pp. 55). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Ukstins, I., Cronin, S., Adams, D., Wu, J., Paredes Marino, J., Brenna, M., … Brooks-Clarke, I. (2022). Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai Jan 15, 2022 eruption: Assembly of heterogenous magma sources recorded in melt inclusions from plagioclase, clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene. Proceedings of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly. EGU22-13585. doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-13585
Cronin, S., Brenna, M., Kula, T., Ukstins, I., Adams, D., Wu, J., … White, J., … Gravley, D. (2022). The 15 January 2022 Hunga eruption, Tonga: First petrographic and geochemical results. Proceedings of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly. EGU22-13584. doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-13584
Corella Santa Cruz, C. R., Zellmer, G. F., Stirling, C. H., Straub, S., Reid, M., Nemeth, K., & Brenna, M. (2022). Origin of compositional variations of Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ) eruption products: Crustal differentiation or subduction melange diapirism? Proceedings of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly. EGU22-3237. doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-3237
Stern, S., Cronin, S., Ribo, M., Barker, S., Brenna, M., Smith, I. E. M., … Vaiomounga, R. (2022). Post-2015 caldera morphology of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai caldera, Tonga, through drone photogrammetry and summit area bathymetry. Proceedings of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly. EGU22-13586. doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-13586
Paredes-Mariño, J., White, J., Dürig, T., Baxter, R., Kula, T., Cronin, S., … Brenna, M., & Brooks-Clarke, I. (2022). Understanding fragmentation mechanism(s) during the 15 January 2022 Hunga Volcano (Tonga) eruption through particle characteristics. Proceedings of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly. EGU22-13587. doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-13587
2021
Chapter in Book - Research
Brenna, M., Ubide, T., Nichols, A. R. L., Mollo, S., & Pontesilli, A. (2021). Anatomy of intraplate monogenetic alkaline basaltic magmatism. In M. Masotta, C. Beier & S. Mollo (Eds.), Crustal magmatic system evolution: Anatomy, architecture, and physico-chemical processes. (pp. 79-103). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. doi: 10.1002/9781119564485.ch4
Journal - Research Article
McLeod, O. E., Brenna, M., Briggs, R. M., & Pittari, A. (2021). Slab tear as a cause of coeval arc-intraplate volcanism in the Alexandra Volcanic Group, New Zealand. Lithos, 408-409, 106564. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106564
Pontesilli, A., Brenna, M., Ubide, T., Mollo, S., Masotta, M., Caulfield, J., … Scott, J. M., & Scarlato, P. (2021). Intraplate basalt alkalinity modulated by a lithospheric mantle filter at the Dunedin Volcano (New Zealand). Journal of Petrology, 62(10), egab062. doi: 10.1093/petrology/egab062
Smith, I. E. M., Brenna, M., & Cronin, S. J. (2021). The magma source of small-scale intraplate monogenetic volcanic systems in northern New Zealand. Journal of Volcanology & Geothermal Research, 418, 107326. doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2021.107326
Kang, H., Kim, Y., Rhie, J., Kang, T.-S., & Brenna, M. (2021). Seismic crustal structure beneath Jeju Volcanic Island, South Korea from teleseismic P-receiver functions. Geophysical Journal International, 227, 58-75. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggab211
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Zhang, R., Brenna, M., Kereszturi, G., & White, J. (2021). The volume relationship between monogenetic volcanic cone and its associated lava flow: Digital elevation model-based analysis. In A. V. Zernack & J. Palmer (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 158, (pp. 330). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Wu, J., Cronin, S. J., Ukstins, I. A., Brenna, M., & Adams, D. (2021). Magmatic processes inferred from olivine xenocrysts from the Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand. In A. V. Zernack & J. Palmer (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 158, (pp. 322). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Ukstins, I., Wu, J., Brenna, M., Cronin, S., & Smith, I. (2021). Volatiles in nominally anhydrous mantle olivine from the Auckland Volcanic Feed. In A. V. Zernack & J. Palmer (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 158, (pp. 294). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Stevenson, T., Brenna, M., & Read, S. (2021). A synthesis of shield volcano evolution based on a 3D lithological reconstruction of Heyward Promontory, Dunedin, NZ. In A. V. Zernack & J. Palmer (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 158, (pp. 269). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Stenning, A., White, J., Brenna, M., Hemming, S., Palin, M., & Baxter, R. (2021). Refining the early geochronological record for the Dunedin Volcano, New Zealand. In A. V. Zernack & J. Palmer (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 158, (pp. 266). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Corella Santa Cruz, C. R., Stirling, C. H., Zellmer, G. F., Straub, S. M., Brenna, M., & Nemeth, K. (2021). New comprehensive PB isotopic data elucidate novel petrogenetic processes across the Taupo Volcanic Zone. In A. V. Zernack & J. Palmer (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 158, (pp. 52). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Brenna, M., Cronin, S. J., Smith, I. E. M., Pontesilli, A., Tost, M., Barker, S., … Vaiomounga, R. (2021). Post-caldera volcanism reveals shallow priming of an intra-ocean arc andesitic caldera: Hunga volcano, Tonga, SW Pacific. In A. V. Zernack & J. Palmer (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 158, (pp. 20). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Jordan, M., Pilet, S., & Brenna, M. (2021). Off-rift alkaline magmatism around mid-ocean ridges: A case study from Iceland. Proceedings of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. V35D-0158. Retrieved from https://www.agu.org/Fall-Meeting
2020
Journal - Research Article
Kamali, A. A., Moayyed, M., Amel, N., Mohammad, F., Brenna, M., Saumur, B. M., & Santos, J. F. (2020). Mineralogy, mineral chemistry and thermobarometry of post-mineralization dykes of the Sungun Cu-Mo porphyry deposit (Northwest Iran). Open Geosciences, 12, 764-790. doi: 10.1515/geo-2020-0009
Auer, A., Brenna, M., & Scott, J. M. (2020). Influence of host magma alkalinity on trachytic melts formed during incongruent orthopyroxene dissolution in mantle xenoliths. New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, 63(4), 547-561. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2020.1766519
Wei, C.-W., Xu, C., Chakhmouradian, A. R., Brenna, M., Kynicky, J., & Song, W.-L. (2020). Carbon-strontium isotope decoupling in carbonatites from Caotan (Qinling, China): Implications for the origin of calcite carbonatite in orogenic settings. Journal of Petrology, 61(2), egaa024. doi: 10.1093/petrology/egaa024
Scott, J. M., Pontesilli, A., Brenna, M., White, J. D. L., Giacalone, E., Palin, J. M., & le Roux, P. J. (2020). The Dunedin Volcanic Group and a revised model for Zealandia's alkaline intraplate volcanism. New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, 63(4), 510-529. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2019.1707695
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Corella Santa Cruz, C. R., Zellmer, G. F., Stirling, C. H., Straub, S. M., Brenna, M., & Nemeth, K. (2020). Is crustal AFC responsible for felsic magma generation in the Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ)? Evaluating the major oxide, trace element and isotopic evidence. In K. N. Bassett, A. R. L. Nichols & C. H. Fenton (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 157A, (pp. 249). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Corella Santa Cruz, C., Zellmer, G. F., Stirling, C. H., Straub, S. M., Brenna, M., & Nemeth, K. (2020). Hyperactive volcanism in the Taupo Volcanic Zone: A MELTS and Magma Chamber Simulator study to explore if AFC processes with a Torlesse assimilant can explain magmatic differentiation. Proceedings of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. Retrieved from https://www.agu.org
Brenna, M., Pontesilli, A., Palin, M., Pilet, S., Faccini, B., & Coltorti, M. (2020). Mantle metasomatism and implications for primary basalt composition in intraplate volcanic provinces. Proceedings of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. Retrieved from https://www.agu.org
Stenning, A., Brenna, M., & White, J. (2020). The birth of an intraplate volcano: Characterising the onset of volcanism at the Dunedin Volcano, New Zealand. In K. N. Bassett, A. R. L. Nichols & C. H. Fenton (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 157A, (pp. 272). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Brenna, M., Ohneiser, C., Gorman, A., & Palin, M. (2020). Geothermal energy from extinct volcanoes: The Dunedin experiment. Proceedings of the 14th Annual Otago Energy Research Centre (OERC) Symposium: New Energy Futures post COVID-19. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/oerc
2019
Journal - Research Article
Brenna, M., Pontesilli, A., Mollo, S., Masotta, M., Cronin, S. J., Smith, I. E. M., … Scarlato, P. (2019). Intra-eruptive trachyte-phonolite transition: Natural evidence and experimental constraints on the role of crystal mushes. American Mineralogist, 104(12), 1750-1764. doi: 10.2138/am-2019-6963
Pontesilli, A., Masotta, M., Nazzari, M., Mollo, S., Armienti, P., Scarlato, P., & Brenna, M. (2019). Crystallization kinetics of clinopyroxene and titanomagnetite growing from a trachybasaltic melt: New insights from isothermal time-series experiments. Chemical Geology, 510, 113-129. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.02.015
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Thomas, R. E., Brenna, M., Scott, J. M., Negrini, M., Schipper, C. I., Palmer, M., & le Roux, P. J. (2019). Using trace element modelling to constrain the formation of rare earth element rich carbonatites in the Alpine Dyke Swarm. In P. J. J. Kamp & A. Pittari (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 154A, (pp. 198). Wellington, New Zealand: GSNZ. [Abstract]
McLeod, O. E., Briggs, R. M., Brenna, M., & Pittari, A. (2019). Scales of geochemical variation among cross-arc basaltic stratovolcanoes in North Island: The Alexandra volcanic group. In P. J. J. Kamp & A. Pittari (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 154A, (pp. 132). Wellington, New Zealand: GSNZ. [Abstract]
2018
Journal - Research Article
Kamali, A. A., Moayyed, M., Amel, N., Hosseinzadeh, M. R., Mohammadiha, K., Santos, J. F., & Brenna, M. (2018). Post-mineralization, cogenetic magmatism at the Sungun Cu-Mo porphyry deposit (Northwest Iran): Protracted melting and extraction in an arc system. Minerals, 8(12), 588. doi: 10.3390/min8120588
Verolino, A., White, J. D. L., & Brenna, M. (2018). Eruption dynamics at Pahvant Butte volcano, Utah, western USA: Insights from ash-sheet dispersal, grain size, and geochemical data. Bulletin of Volcanology, 80(11), 81. doi: 10.1007/s00445-018-1256-7
Brenna, M., Cronin, S. J., Smith, I. E. M., Tollan, P. M. E., Scott, J. M., Prior, D. J., … Ukstins, I. A. (2018). Olivine xenocryst diffusion reveals rapid monogenetic basaltic magma ascent following complex storage at Pupuke Maar, Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand. Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 499, 13-22. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.07.015
Colombier, M., Scheu, B., Wadsworth, F. B., Cronin, S., Vasseur, J., Dobson, K. J., … Brenna, M., … Dingwell, D. B. (2018). Vesiculation and quenching during Surtseyan eruptions at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Volcano, Tonga. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123, 3762-3779. doi: 10.1029/2017JB015357
Song, W., Xu, C., Smith, M. P., Chakhmouradian, A. R., Brenna, M., Kynicky, J., … Tang, H. (2018). Genesis of the world's largest rare earth element deposit, Bayan Obo, China: Protracted mineralization evolution over ~1 b.y. Geology, 46(4), 323-326. doi: 10.1130/G39801.1
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
McLeod, O., Pittari, A., Brenna, M., & Briggs, R. (2018). Perspectives on the structure, vent distribution and composition of Pirongia, the North Island's largest basalt volcano. In M. Sagar & J. Prebble (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 151A, (pp. 187). Wellington, New Zealand: GSNZ. [Abstract]
Baxter, R., White, J., & Brenna, M. (2018). Complex relationships and compositional variation, at the onset of Dunedin volcanism. In M. Sagar & J. Prebble (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 151A, (pp. 22). Wellington, New Zealand: GSNZ. [Abstract]
2017
Journal - Research Article
Stirling, M., Bebbington, M., Brenna, M., Cronin, S., Christophersen, A., Deligne, N., … Wang, T., White, J. D. L., … Wilson, T. (2017). Conceptual development of a National Volcanic Hazard Model for New Zealand. Frontiers in Earth Science, 5, 51. doi: 10.3389/feart.2017.00051
Dalton, H. B., Scott, J. M., Liu, J., Waight, T. E., Pearson, D. G., Brenna, M., … Palin, J. M. (2017). Diffusion-zoned pyroxenes in an isotopically heterogeneous mantle lithosphere beneath the Dunedin Volcanic Group, New Zealand, and their implications for intraplate alkaline magma sources. Lithosphere, 9(3), 463-475. doi: 10.1130/L631.1
Journal - Research Other
Cronin, S. J., Brenna, M., Smith, I. E. M., Barker, S., Tost, M., Ford, M., … Vaiomounga, R. (2017). New volcanic island unveils explosive past. Eos. doi: 10.1029/2017EO076589
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Yagolnitzer, Y., & Brenna, M. (2017). The Pigroot duality: An experimental analysis of the Pigroot phonolite. In J. Baker & M. Rowe (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 134A, (pp. 131). Takaka, New Zealand: GSNZ. [Abstract]
Giacalone, E., White, J. D. L., Palin, J. M., & Brenna, M. (2017). An unusually coarse basaltic lava with extremely coarse segregation structures, Swinburn, Waipiata Volanic Field, Otago, New Zealand. In J. Baker & M. Rowe (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 134A, (pp. 39-40). Takaka, New Zealand: GSNZ. [Abstract]
Brenna, M., Smith, I. E. M., Cronin, S. J., Smid, E., Scott, J. M., & Prior, D. J. (2017). Rapid magma ascent following complex storage at Pukepuke Maar, Auckland Volcanic Field. In J. Baker & M. Rowe (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. (pp. 12-13). Takaka, New Zealand: GSNZ. [Abstract]
Brenna, M., Cronin, S. J., Smith, I. E. M., Nemeth, K., White, J. D. L., & Baxter, R. (2017). Three Kings or a whole dynasty? A complex volcano in the heart of Auckland. In J. Baker & M. Rowe (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 134A, (pp. 12). Takaka, New Zealand: GSNZ. [Abstract]
2016
Journal - Research Article
Scott, J. M., Brenna, M., Crase, J. A., Waight, T. E., van der Meer, Q., Cooper, A. F., Palin, J. M., … Münker, C. (2016). Peridotitic lithosphere metasomatized by volatile-bearing melts, and its association with intraplate alkaline HIMU-like magmatism. Journal of Petrology, 57(10), 2053-2078. doi: 10.1093/petrology/egw069
2015
Journal - Research Article
Brenna, M., Nakada, S., Miura, D., Toshida, K., Ito, H., Hokanishi, N., & Nakai, S. (2015). A trachyte–syenite core within a basaltic nest: Filtering of primitive injections by a multi-stage magma plumbing system (Oki-Dōzen, south-west Japan). Contributions to Mineralogy & Petrology, 170, 22. doi: 10.1007/s00410-015-1181-0
Brenna, M., Németh, K., Cronin, S. J., Sohn, Y. K., Smith, I. E. M., & Wijbrans, J. (2015). Co-located monogenetic eruptions ~200 kyr apart driven by tapping vertically separated mantle source regions, Chagwido, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea. Bulletin of Volcanology, 77, 43. doi: 10.1007/s00445-015-0928-9
Brenna, M., Cronin, S. J., Kereszturi, G., Sohn, Y. K., Smith, I. E. M., & Wijbrans, J. (2015). Intraplate volcanism influenced by distal subduction tectonics at Jeju Island, Republic of Korea. Bulletin of Volcanology, 77, 7. doi: 10.1007/s00445-014-0896-5
Journal - Research Other
Brenna, M., & Cronin, S. J. (2015). Mantle heterogeneity controls on small-volume basaltic volcanism. Geology, 43, e370. doi: 10.1130/G37023C.1
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Lister, A., Prior, D., McNamaraz, D., & Brenna, M. (2015). 3D reconstruction of geothermal calcite veins using a correlative microscopic approach: EBSD, EDX chemical analysis and other machines that go ping [Poster]. Proceedings of the 27th National Conference on Microscopy. Retrieved from http://microscopy2015.otago.ac.nz/index.html
2014
Journal - Research Article
Cronin, S. J., Stewart, C., Zernack, A. V., Brenna, M., Procter, J. N., Pardo, N., … Irwin, M. (2014). Volcanic ash leachate compositions and assessment of health and agricultural hazards from 2012 hydrothermal eruptions, Tongariro, New Zealand. Journal of Volcanology & Geothermal Research, 286, 233-247. doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.07.002
Lube, G., Breard, E. C. P., Cronin, S. J., Procter, J. N., Brenna, M., Moebis, A., … Fournier, N. (2014). Dynamics of surges generated by hydrothermal blasts during the 6 August 2012 Te Maari eruption, Mt. Tongariro, New Zealand. Journal of Volcanology & Geothermal Research, 286, 348-366. doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.05.010
Brenna, M., Price, R., Cronin, S. J., Smith, I. E. M., Sohn, Y. K., Kim, G. B., & Maas, R. (2014). Final magma storage depth modulation of explosivity and trachyte—phonolite genesis at an intraplate volcano: A case study from Ulleung Island, South Korea. Journal of Petrology, 55(4), 709-747. doi: 10.1093/petrology/egu004
Brenna, M., & Gee, M. A. M. (2014). Dyke-diatreme transition in monogenetic volcanoes: Insights from the Hillier Bay volcanic complex, Western Australia. Bulletin of Volcanology, 76(9), 853. doi: 10.1007/s00445-014-0853-3
Pardo, N., Cronin, S. J., Németh, K., Brenna, M., Schipper, C. I., Breard, E., White, J. D. L., … Auer, A., … Wallace, C. (2014). Perils in distinguishing phreatic from phreatomagmatic ash: Insights into the eruption mechanisms of the 6 August 2012 Mt. Tongariro eruption, New Zealand. Journal of Volcanology & Geothermal Research, 286, 397-414. doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.05.001
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Scott, J. M., Brenna, M., Waight, T. E., Palin, J. M., Van der Meer, Q. H. A., Cooper, A. F., & Münker, C. (2014). The lithospheric mantle beneath Zealandia and its role in HIMU-like intraplate magmatism. In K. A. Holt (Ed.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 139A, (pp. 95-96). Takaka, New Zealand: GSNZ. [Abstract]
Lister, A., Prior, D., McNamara, D., & Brenna, M. (2014). 3D reconstruction of geothermal calcite veins using EBSD, chemical data and other machines that go ping. In K. A. Holt (Ed.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 139A, (pp. 65-66). Takaka, New Zealand: GSNZ. [Abstract]
McNamara, D., Lister, A., Prior, D., & Brenna, M. (2014). Fracture sealing in geothermal systems: A combined EBSD and chemical approach. Proceedings of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) 47th Annual Fall Meeting. Retrieved from http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2014/
2012
Journal - Research Article
Brenna, M., Cronin, S. J., Smith, I. E. M., Sohn, Y. K., & Maas, R. (2012). Spatio-temporal evolution of a dispersed magmatic system and its implications for volcano growth, Jeju Island Volcanic Field, Korea. Lithos, 148, 337-352. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.06.021
Brenna, M., Cronin, S. J., Smith, I. E. M., Maas, R., & Sohn, Y. K. (2012). How small-volume basaltic magmatic systems develop: A case study from the Jeju Island volcanic field, Korea. Journal of Petrology, 53(5), 985-1018. doi: 10.1093/petrology/egs007
Sohn, Y. K., Cronin, S. J., Brenna, M., Smith, I. E. M., Németh, K., White, J. D. L., Murtagh, R. M., … Kwon, C. W. (2012). Ilchulbong tuff cone, Jeju Island, Korea, revisited: A compound monogenetic volcano involving multiple magma pulses, shifting vents, and discrete eruptive phases. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 124(3-4), 259-274. doi: 10.1130/B30447.1
2011
Journal - Research Article
Brenna, M., Cronin, S. J., Németh, K., Smith, I. E. M., & Sohn, Y. K. (2011). The influence of magma plumbing complexity on monogenetic eruptions, Jeju Island, Korea. Terra Nova, 23(2), 70-75. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2010.00985.x
2010
Journal - Research Article
Brenna, M., Cronin, S. J., Smith, I. E. M., Sohn, Y. K., & Németh, K. (2010). Mechanisms driving polymagmatic activity at a monogenetic volcano, Udo, Jeju Island, South Korea. Contributions to Mineralogy & Petrology, 160(6), 931-950. doi: 10.1007/s00410-010-0515-1
Németh, K., Cronin, S. J., Haller, M. J., Brenna, M., & Csillag, G. (2010). Modern analogues for Miocene to Pleistocene alkali basaltic phreatomagmatic fields in the Pannonian Basin: “Soft-substrate” to “combined” aquifer controlled phreatomagmatism in intraplate volcanic fields. Central European Journal of Geosciences, 2(3), 339-361. doi: 10.2478/v10085-010-0013-8
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Sohn, Y., Brenna, M., Smith, I. E., Nemeth, K., White, J. D., Murtagh, R., … Cronin, S. J. (2010). Ilchulbong tuff cone, Jeju Island, Korea, revisited: A compound monogenetic volcano involving multiple magma batches, shifting vents, and discrete eruptive phases. Proceedings of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. Retrieved from http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm10/waisfm10.html