********************************* From: Sarah Fagents <fagents@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ********************************* Dear colleagues, We wish to draw your attention to the following VGP session at the 2007 Joint Assembly in Acapulco, Mexico, May 22-25. Please consider submitting an abstract and joining us for what promises to be a stimulating session. Further details can be found at http://www.agu.org/meetings/ja07/. Sarah Fagents, University of Hawaii (fagents@xxxxxxxxxx) and John Smellie, British Antarctic Survey (JLSM@xxxxxxxxx). V06: Understanding Volcano-Ice Interactions: Integration of Field, Remote Sensing, and Modeling Approaches Interactions between volcanism and snow or ice lead to a diversity of eruption products, landforms and hazardous phenomena. Examples include the formation of steep-sided tuyas during eruptions under ice caps and the generation of lahars by mixing of pyroclastic materials with summit snowpack. While often poorly observed, the consequences can be highly hazardous to adjacent communities. Furthermore, subglacial edifices exposed by glacier removal yield information on past climatic conditions. The potential for volcano-ice interactions to have occurred on Mars means that a rigorous understanding of the terrestrial glaciovolcanism is necessary before we can understand the implications for the evolution of the martian climate and environment. Progress towards understanding the variety and consequences of volcano-ice interactions comes though field studies of exposed edifices and deposits, remote sensing and geophysical monitoring, and modeling of the physics of heat transfer and fluid dynamics. In this session we seek to bring together practitioners in these sub- disciplines to highlight recent advances in our understanding and to map the path to further progress in elucidating the mechanisms and consequences of volcano-ice interactions. ***************************************************************************** Sarah A. Fagents Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology University of Hawaii at Manoa 1680 East-West Road, POST 508A Honolulu, HI 96822 Phone: 808-956-3163 Fax: 808-956-6322 fagents@xxxxxxxxxx ***************************************************************************** ============================================================== To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxxx To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxxx Please do not send attachments. ==============================================================
