VOLCANO: UNM-LANL Volcanology Field Course 2011

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UNM-LANL Volcanology Field Course 2011
From: Tobias Fischer <Tobias.Fischer@xxxxxxx>
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Field Studies in Volcanology

University of New Mexico - Los Alamos National Laboratory

10th offering of the Volcanology Summer Field Course

July 25 – August 15, 2011

Field exercises, complemented by evening lectures, cover various techniques used in field investigations of volcanic rocks, including applications to studies in volcanology, petrology, economic geology, and geothermal systems.  Mapping and stratigraphic exercises emphasize understanding the nature of volcanic eruption processes and the stratigraphic development of volcanic terranes.  Field exercises are conducted in the Miocene-Quaternary Jemez Mountains volcanic field (including Valles Caldera) in north-central New Mexico.  Field course participants are based at the University of New Mexico's Young Ranch Field Station or the Valles Caldera Field Station.  Exercises include study of lava flows, pyroclastic rocks, and derivative sediment over the compositional range from basalt to rhyolite.  Studies in hydrothermally altered rock and sampling of geothermal fluids and gases are also included.  Exercises include field trips to El Malpais, Shiprock Diatreem and a 3-day whitewater raft trip and exercise in White Rock Canyon on the Rio Grande.

Estimated costs: $ 2700 which includes tuition for 4 credits (graduate or undergraduate) and course fee which covers room, board, transportation during the course and raft trip.

Principal faculty:

Dr. Tobias Fischer, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico
Dr. Fraser Goff, Los Alamos National Laboratory (retired), University of New Mexico

Associate faculty:
Dr. W. Scott Baldridge, Los Alamos National Laboratory

For more information and application materials: http://epswww.unm.edu/volcano/vfield/

Or contact:
Dr. Tobias Fischer
Phone:(505) 277-0284
e-mail: fischer@xxxxxxx

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