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Instructors: |
Hubert Staudigel and Geoff Cook |
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Texts: |
"Volcanoes" by Francis and Oppenheimer (2003) |
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Grading: |
60% final and 40% exercises |
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Date
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Lecture topic or other morning activity
(chapter reading in Francis and Oppenheimer) |
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| 9/7 Tuesday | Staudigel/Stegman
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| 08:30 AM - 8:45 AM | Introduction to class
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| 08:45 AM - 9:30 AM | Hot Spots and and Intro into Geodynamics (Stegman)
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| 09:45 AM - 10:00 AM | Break/discussion
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| 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Staudigel, Introduction to Volcanism.
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| 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM | Break/discussion
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| 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | Magma genesis, composition and physical properties (Ch. 4)
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| 9/7 Tuesday | Cook
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| 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | Classifying volcanic eruptions (Ch. 3, 5, 13)
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| 1:50 PM - 2:00 PM | Break/discussion
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| 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | Introduction to explosive volcanism (Ch. 7)
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| 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Reading/Questions
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| 9/8 Wednesday | Cook
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| 8:30 AM - 9:20 AM | Pyroclastic deposits: falls, flows, surges, block and ash flows (Ch. 8-10)
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| 9:20 AM - 9:30 AM | Break/discussion
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| 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | Continue- pyroclastic deposits; Caldera-forming eruptions (Ch. 11)
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| 9/8 Wednesday | Staudigel
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| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | Submarine Volcanism Mid-Ocean Ridges and Seamounts (Ch. 14)
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| 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | Volcano Monitoring and Prediction (Ch. 17-18)
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| 9/8 Wednesday | Cook
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| 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | Lava flows (Ch. 6)
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| 1:50 PM - 2:00 PM | Break/discussion
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| 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | Hydrovolcanism and littoral cones
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| 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Reading/Questions
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| 9/9 Thursday | Staudigel
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| 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Introduction to Hawaiian volcanism and Kilauea (Ch. 1-2)
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| 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | Kilauea and Mauna Loa: Eruptive and intrusive Activity Deformation
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| 9/9 Thursday | Cook
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| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Misc. volcanic hazards: lahars, debris flows (Ch. 12)
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| 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Questions/Discussion/Test preparation?
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| 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Test
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| 9/10 Friday | Flight to Hilo Arrival at HVNP and settle in.
If there is time in the evening before dark: Steaming Bluff
Drive to HVO look at Halema-uma'u pit-glow in the dark |
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| 9/11 Saturday | Kilauea Iki overlook, hike through Kilauea Iki, Devastation Trail, and Thurston Lava Tube (total about 7 miles hiking; Bring Flashlights/headlamps for cave). |
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| 9/12 Sunday |
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| 6:30 AM - 8:00 AM | Optional trip to Farmers' Market in Volcano and return to KMC.
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| 8:30 AM | Departure for Chain of Crater Road: Lava Trees, Cross sections with top view of Pahoehoe and Aa; Lunch at Hilina Pali Campground, First Exercise: Hilina Pali mapping of faults. (need Brunton, GPS; in four groups; minimal hiking day)
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| 9/13 Monday | Mauna Iki Hike (10 miles hike) Hilina Pali Campground - Mauna Iki Footprints trail.
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| 9/14 Tuesday | Early Departure to Recent Flows (leave at 3:00 AM, start hiking at 4:30 AM back to cars around 9 AM, Drive to Nanawale:, Lava Tree State Park, Littoral Cones, Lunch at outcrop, Take section at Nanawale. Going home early afternoon (probably not much hiking that day, but Madame Pele will decide)
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| 9/15 Wednesday | Napau Crater Hike (8-12 miles): Mauna Ulu/Makaopuhi Crater/Napau Crater.
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| 9/16 Thursday | Mauna Loa Trip, Kaumana Caves, Cindercones @ Mauna Loa/Mauna Kea saddle; NOAA Mauna Loa Observatory, Mapping Exercise on ML Riftzone.
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| 9/17 Friday | Lava Trees, Keanakakoi section. Exercise: Measure and describe stratigraphic section
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| 9/18 Saturday | Departure from KMC and travel home.
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