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Instructors: |
Hubert Staudigel |
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Texts: |
"Volcanoes" by Francis and Oppenheimer (2003) (F); "Kilauea Volcano" by
Richard Hazlett (H) |
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Grading: |
60% final and 40% exercises |
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Date
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Lecture topic (generally 8:30 ‑ 10:00) and lecturer, or other
morning activity; in parentheses is the chapter reading in Francis and Oppenheimer
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| 9/4 |
Introduction to Hawaiian volcanism and Kilauea: (1‑2)
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| 9/5 |
Magma genesis; chemistry and physics of volcanoes: (4) |
| 9/6 |
Classification of eruptions; pyroclastic eruptions: (3,5,13)
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| 9/7 |
Hydrovolcanic eruptions: (7-11) |
| 9/8 |
Active deformation of Kilauea and Mauna Loa: Mike
Poland/Paul Okubo (HVO) (17, 18) |
| 9/9 |
Lava flows and littoral cones RZ (6,14) |
| 9/10 |
Volcano Village Farmers’ Market (optional); leave for Nanawale
and Hilo at 9. |
| 9/11 |
No lecture: leave for East Rift Zone at 8:30 |
| 9/12 |
Mauna Loa |
| 9/13 |
Volcanic gases
and environmental geochemistry RZ |
| 9/14 |
Other hazards: earthquakes,
landslides and tsunamis in Hawaii (HS) |
| 9/15 |
Office Morning: finish projects and study for final |
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Tentative afternoon excursion schedule
(generally 10:30-5:00+) and reading in Hazlett |
| 9/4 |
Kilauea Caldera (pp. 32-33, 59-83)
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| 9/5 |
Exercise: measured stratigraphic section of Keanakako'i Ash
(pp. 83-88) |
| 9/6 |
Thurston Lava Tube and Kilauea-Iki (pp. 89-93) |
| 9/7 |
Exercise: Measuring vitric sections of Keanakakoi in Sand
Wash |
| 9/8 |
Exercise: Deformation of Kilauea’s south flank (fracture
orientation, density, width in flows) |
| 9/9 |
First visit to active flows; study cross section of flows on
Chain of Crater Road |
| 9/10 |
Day Off: Hilo |
| 9/11 |
East Rift Zone; Napau crater excursion (pp. 95-114) |
| 9/12 |
Mauna Loa; Exercise: mapping Mauna Loa lava flows off air
photos |
| 9/13 |
Ka’u Desert and South Point: Footprints area, Pu’u Mahana tuff
cone , Green Sand Beach (pp. 51-58) |
| 9/14 |
Hilina Pali faults; revisit active lava flows |
| 9/15 |
Final examination (60%; open notes, unopen book; includes
lectures, field excursions and exercises) |
