*********************************************************** From: Derek Rust <Derek.Rust@xxxxxxxxxx> *********************************************************** Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to participate in the above symposium to be held at the 33rd IGC in Oslo this August. The symposium has the code GHZ-08 and is grouped within Geohazards with the following description: 'Volcanic edifices are now recognised as inherently unstable constructions where flank collapse(s) at a range of scales can be expected as a normal part of their life cycles. Moreover, depending on volcano location, such instability can trigger related phenomena, notably debris avalanches, lateral blasts and tsunami; hazards to which an increasing number of the world's population are exposed. Only fairly recently has research begun to reflect a multi-disciplinary approach, including studies of active volcanoes, deeply eroded inactive volcanic systems, as well as laboratory studies and modelling. The symposium aims to bring together structural geologists, volcanologists, petrologists, analogue and numerical modellers, remote sensing specialists, geomorphologists, geophysicists, engineering geologists and hazard mitigation researchers so that their differing viewpoints and insights into these phenomena can be beneficially exchanged. The symposium will be held under the aeg! is of International Lithosphere Programme (ILP) project 'New tectonic causes of volcano failure and possible premonitory signals.' Abstract deadline is 29 February 2008. More information on the IGC can be found at http://www.33igc.org/coco/ With best wishes from the conveners, Derek Rust School of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Portsmouth PO1 3QL UK Federico Pasquare Universita degli Studi dell'Insubria Via Vallaggio 11 - 22100 Como Italy ============================================================== 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. ==============================================================
