EHaz A consortium for graduate degrees in Earth Hazards
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Michigan Technological
University, Houghton Michigan
GE 5185 (MTU Course number)
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Experimental Course on Supervolcanoes
Spring 2006
This
is a unique class, with a diversity of lectures and readings from many sources,
meant to make the class cover a wide range of advanced topics, where there is
little conventional wisdom from textbooks. The Class meets for discussion each
wednesday at 4-530 pm in 211 Dow, beginning Jan 11. The discussions will be
held online, with students from other universities. The EHaz universities
(Michigan Tech, Buffalo, Mc Gill, Waterloo, UNAM and Colima) will be the main
participants, but lectures will come from many other sources. There will be
guest lectures every week delivered via powerpoint files with narration or
notes. The speaker will join the web discussions on Wednesday pm, to allow for
questions and discussion. Each student will receive the powerpoint lectures
before the discussion, and review them at their own convenience. The powerpoint
will be online for the discussion to allow referring to figure material. The
software used for teleconference discussions is Marratech, and Michigan Tech has arranged for a web
home connection for our class. Marratech can be accessed from any computer
linked to the web and is designed for discussions online.
A
tentative outline of the class topics follows with a progression from the deep
earth to the surface. A rough time schedule is added (we are still filling the
lecture schedule!):
|
TOPIC |
Speaker |
Discussion Weds 4pm EST |
|
Origin
of Arc Magma reading link Power Point NOTE!
Discussion Friday Jan 20 at 10:30am Eastern Standard Time |
18 Jan* |
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Supereruptions
(a general lecture) Discussion
on Wednesday Jan 25 at 10:30 am EST (3:30 pm in England) |
25 Jan |
|
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Magma
replenishment processes to sustain large silicic systems Reading 1 Reading 2 (NOTE! Reading 2 has
changed) Power Point
(Wiebe) Power Point (Eichelberger) Discussion
on Wednesday, February 1st at 4 pm Eastern time |
1 Feb |
|
|
Volatile
contents of large silicic systems Reading 1 Reading 2 Reading 3 Power Point |
8 Feb |
|
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Discussion
of previous topics |
Bob Wiebe |
15 Feb |
|
Caldera
development Power Point |
Peter Lipman |
22 Feb |
|
Thermal
impact of the development of large silicic magma chambers (batholiths) on the
mechanical properties of the crust and the implications for eruption
triggering and caldera formation |
1 Mar |
|
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Large
volume silicic ignimbrites ("high grade ignimbrites") and
large-volume silicic lava flows |
8Mar |
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Distal
ashes emitted by supervolcano eruptions - plinian vs co-ignimbrite,
suspension vs fallout of ash, etc |
15 Mar |
|
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Climatic
effects of Volcanoes Reading Power Point |
22 Mar |
|
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Gas emissions from large silicic
magmatic-hydrothermal
systems (a) during eruptions (b) during quiescence |
29 Mar |
|
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The
Role of Fluids in Caldera Unrest Reading |
Dave Hill |
5 Apr |
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Megaeruptions
from rift volcanoes Reading |
12 Apr |
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Hazards
of large magmatic-hydrothermal systems Read First! Reading 1 Reading 2 Power point 1 Power point 3 |
19 Apr |
|
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Field
trip to Long Valley and Yellowstone - Logistics Background
reading Ð Geology of Yellowstone |
|
26 Apr |
Each
week the students will read one article, absorb one lecture and participate in one
discussion. Students also have an obligation to prepare for the upcoming
caldera field trip, this coming May-June. These assignments will come in
discussions. The local manager of this class is Karinne Knutsen (klknutse@mtu.edu).
She will manage the web page and post the .pdf and .ppt files for downloading
by participants. If you have technical issues getting Marratech to work, see this
link.
|
Bill Rose |
John Stix |
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Michigan Tech Univ |
McGill University |