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New Mexico Tech Earth and Environmental Science ERTH 456 / GEOL 556 - Volcanology |
The first 2/3 of the class give an overview of volcanic processes roughly from magma chamber to plume. This involves the investigation of magma storage genesis, conduit dynamics, effusive and explosive eruption processes, and exceptionally large, caldera forming eruptions. The last 1/3 of the course will look into tools for volcano monitoring and analysis. This will be paired with several case studies that require very active student participation. In lieu of homework assignments, the students can expect to be required to read assigned papers particularly for the case studies.
Upper division earth sciences
No textbook required, but required readings will be posted on the class website.
There will be no graded homework assignments, but the students will be expected to have reviewed assigned reading before lectures.
Graduate students will prepare a term project including an in-class presentation and an expository term paper of roughly 10-12 pages (NSF Formatting). The topic of this project should be related to the course content and objectives and should involve some data analysis, modeling and interpretation. Your topic must be approved by the instructor before you begin to work on it. You might apply techniques from the course to process, analyze and interpret data that you have gathered in your research, or you might choose one of the provided projects. If you choose thesis related work, it must be a new aspect; recycling of existing work is not permitted. In-class presentations are scheduled for the last week of classes. Note that the first term paper due date will be used to grade for completeness; the second term paper due date will grade on completeness and correctness.
ERTH456 Labs: 50%, Field Trip Reports 30%, Class & Case study participation: 20%.
GEOL556 Labs: 40%, Term Project 50%, Class & Case Study participation: 10%.
Grades will be assigned for each lab based upon assignment completeness and accuracy. Details for field trip reports will be made available before the trip. Unless otherwise noted, assignments will be due one week after they are assigned - they must be submitted prior to the beginning of subsequent lab period. Assignments are due both electronically (submit via email) and in print and must be the work of individual students. Assignments will not be accepted late! There are no exams in this class.
| Week 1 | Aug 22 | Lecture 1 | RG | Introduction, logistics, Examples [pdf] |
| Aug 24 | LAB 1 | RG | no lab. | |
| Aug 26 | Lecture 2 | RG | Volcano Distribution [pdf] | |
| Week 2 | Aug 29 | Lecture 3 | RG | Magma origin and composition [pdf] |
| Aug 31 | LAB 2 | RG | Viscosity Experiments | |
| Sep 02 | Lecture 4 | RG | Types of Volcanism & Development of Magma storage systems [pdf] | |
| Week 3 | Sep 05 | Labor Day, no class | ||
| Sep 07 | LAB 3 | RG | Magma Chamber Experiments | |
| Sep 09 | Lecture 5 | ND | Magma Chemistry | |
| Week 4 | Sep 12 | Lecture 6 | RG | Conduit Systems |
| Sep 14 | LAB 4 | RG | Magma Chamber Experiments II | |
| Sep 16 | Lecture 7 | RG | Effusive Eruptions & Lava Domes | |
| Week 5 | Sep 19 | Lecture 8 | RG | Explosive Eruptions |
| Sep 21 | LAB 5 | RG | Diet Coke 'n' Mentos & Coffee 'n' Silt Plumes | |
| Sep 22 | EES Seminar | FG | Fraser Goff: "Valles Caldera Geothermal System" | |
| Sep 23 | Lecture 9 | ND | Volatiles | |
| Sep 23 | 5 PM, Term project idea due | |||
| Week 6 | Sep 26 | Lecture 10 | MZ |
Calderas I reading: Lipman, 2000 |
| Sep 28 | LAB 6 | RG | Flour & Sand Calderas | |
| Sep 30 | Lecture 11 | MZ | Calderas II | |
| Oct 01 | Field Trip I: Jemez | |||
| Week 7 | Oct 03 | Lecture 12 | RG | Volcanic Plumes I |
| Oct 05 | LAB 7 | RG | Igneous Rock Identification | |
| Oct 07 | Lecture 13 | RG | Volcanic Plumes II | |
| Week 8 | Oct 10 | Lecture 14 | NI | Tephra & Tephrochronology |
| Oct 12 | LAB 8 | RG | Fall vs Flow: Grain Size Distributions Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, |
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| Oct 14 | 49ers Day, no class | |||
| Oct 14 | Valles Report due | |||
| Week 9 | Oct 17 | Lecture 15 | MZ | NM Volcanism |
| Oct 19 | LAB 9 | RG | Tephra Fallout Modeling | |
| Oct 21 | Lecture 16 | MZ | Volcanic Hazards | |
| Week 10 | Oct 24 | Lecture 17 | RG | Volcanoes from Bottom to Top to Deposit: Class-driven Review |
| Oct 26 | LAB 10 | RG | Hazard Mapping | |
| Oct 28 | Lecture 18 | RG | Monitoring and Analysis Techniques re-/overview | |
| Oct 29 | Field Trip II: Joyita Hills | |||
| Week 11 | Oct 31 | Lecture 19 | RG | Volcano Geodesy |
| Nov 02 | LAB 11 | RG | Volcano in a Sandbox | |
| Nov 04 | Lecture 20 | RG | Case Study - Iceland | |
| Week 12 | Nov 07 | Lecture 21 | TF | Volcanic Gases |
| Nov 09 | LAB 12 | RG | Setup of Campaign GPS | |
| Nov 11 | Lecture 22 | RG | Models, Probabilities & more Volcano Deformation | |
| Nov 11 | Field Trip II Report due; 5PM Term Paper Version 1 due | |||
| Nov 12 | Field Trip III: El Malpais NM, Grants | |||
| Week 13 | Nov 14 | Lecture 23 | BS | Volcano Seismology |
| Nov 16 | LAB 13 | RG | Case Study: Redoubt 2009 & Volcano Seismology Lab | |
| Nov 18 | Lecture 24 | RG | IRIS PASSCAL visit | |
| Week 14 | Nov 21 | Lecture 25 | RG | InSAR & Other Remote Sensing |
| Nov 23 | Thanksgiving, no lab | |||
| Nov 25 | Thanksgiving, no class | |||
| Week 15 | Nov 28 | Lecture 26 | RG | Case Study - Yellowstone |
| Nov 28 | Grants Report due | |||
| Nov 30 | LAB 15 | RG | Observatory Game | |
| Dec 02 | Lecture 27 | RG | Infrasound | |
| Week 16 | Dec 05 | Volcanoes and Climate | ||
| Dec 07 | Project Presentations | |||
| Dec 09 | Case Study - Krakatoa, lab 15 due | |||
| Dec 09 | 5 PM, final term paper due | |||
| Week 16 | Dec 10-16 | Finals week, no class | ||
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