GEOL 522: PHYSICAL VOLCANOLOGY
Prof. Jonathan Lees
TBA: Mon. & Wed. 4:00-5:15 PM
Very Exciting! Learn about how volcanoes work.
This course is aimed at upper level undergraduate to beginning graduate students in Geology and/or Physics. Upper level physics (mechanics), differential equations and linear algebra will be helpful. Course will cover the description of processes inherent in volcanic activity, from the formation of magma to violent eruption. Geophysical analysis will be stressed: analytic and numerical modeling by students will be encouraged.
Course Outline:
1) INTRODUCTION
2) MATHEMATICAL BASIS: Vector Algebra and Calculus
3) PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS, MINERALS AND MAGMAS
4) PHYSICS OF MAGMATIC INTRUSIONS
5) MAGMA RISE: VOLATILE EXSOLUTION, NUCLEATION, AND ASCENT
6) LAVA FLOWS
7) MAGMATIC FRAGMENTATION
8) HYDRO-VOLCANISM
9) DISPERSION OF VOLCANIC PRODUCTS
10) CURRENT DENSITY FLOWS AND LAHARS
11) NON FRACTURE SEISMIC AND ACOUSTIC SIGNALS
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