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Undergraduate Field-based "wintermester" course at Kilauea, Hawaii
From: Jeff Freymueller <jeff.freymueller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Volcanism and Active Geology of the island of Hawai'i (Field-based course)
Jeff
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Undergraduate Field-based "wintermester" course at Kilauea, Hawaii
From: Jeff Freymueller <jeff.freymueller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Volcanism and Active Geology of the island of Hawai'i (Field-based course)
GEOS 293/393
University of Alaska Fairbanks, January 5-13, 2014
Instructors: Jeff Freymueller, Pavel Izbekov
There
is no substitute for field-based instruction in the geosciences.
Students can learn a tremendous amount even from just a few days in the
field, seeing features and processes with their own eyes, and this
results not only in greater knowledge and insights but also enhanced
enthusiasm and motivation. Our local climate handicaps us in our
field-based offerings, but a winter field course in Hawai'i gets around
that limitation. There is probably no better place in the world to
introduce students to the basic physical features of volcanoes than the
island of Hawai'i, with its active Kilauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes, and
we can also make basic features of plate tectonics and a physical
understanding of plate tectonics, erosion, the age and development of
the ocean basins, and a host of other problems come to life vividly in
this setting.
This
field-based course introducing students to the volcanism and active
geology of the island of Hawai'i, and by extension, other oceanic
islands. Topics include physical features of the volcanoes, plate
tectonics and the origin of volcanism, and the development and "life
cycle" of oceanic islands. The course has a fee of $1195, which includes
food and lodging in the field along with local transportation, but does
not include your airfare to Hilo, Hawai'i. Students will also need to
register for 2 credits through the University of Alaska Fairbanks (which
is a lot cheaper than the fee or airfare). The course is open to anyone
who meets the pre-requisites, not only students at the University of
Alaska Fairbanks.
For more information, go to: http://www.gps.alaska.edu/jeff/Classes/GEOS393.html
Dr. Jeffrey T. Freymueller Office: 907-474-7286
Geophysical Institute Cell: 907-378-7556
University of Alaska, Fairbanks Home: 907-479-3550
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320 email: jeff.freymueller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxDownload Alaska GPS data: ftp://gps.alaska.edu/pub/gpsdata/
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