5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5 From: "Wallace, Kristi" <kwallace@xxxxxxxx> 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5 Dear Tephra Community: Studies of explosive volcanic eruptions and the ash clouds and respective deposits they produce are becoming global in scope. Advances in research are therefore, becoming more dependent on the ability to identify and correlate tephra deposits across broad regions. These two factors, coupled with our growing knowledge of the limitations of analytical techniques and standard practices in tephra characterization and correlation, make it critical to seek interoperability of tephra data-sets. Following the tephra workshops in 2014 and 2017 in Portland, Oregon (https://vhub.org/resources/3860), we have been funded by NSF for additional, focused workshops to take action on the outcomes and recommendations of those previous workshops. We seek to seed the implementation and use of cyber-based tools and technologies in tephra studies to enable global study and correlation of tephras. Specifically, our goals are to produce: 1. A consensus paper to draw attention to the demand, and to develop a coordination plan for creating data-sets compatible across disciplines, 2. Multiple open access products, for example, best practice templates, data collection and processing templates with "end user" oriented minimum sets of essential data, and 3. Collation of databases and already built tools/code/software for data processing. These products are linked to future directions for the tephra communities in that were articulated at the 2014 and 2017 workshops, and can best be developed through the following processes: 1. Translate previously-developed checklists into templates â?? distribute initially by including as supplements to the consensus paper; 2. Work with THROUGHPUT and Earthchem to develop a tephra-specific geochemical data template; 3. Build on our current collection of known databases and data-sets, and 4. Begin to collate links to analysis tools into one user friendly interface. To accomplish these goals, we plan to hold a series of small, focused, international workshops in 2019â??2021 (Table 1). These workshops will bring together experts from multiple disciplines by inviting select colleagues like yourself. The past two workshops have been extremely well attended. This round of workshops will pull together targeted work-groups with the goal of accomplishing end-products. Our efforts are directed so that the tephra community has the tools to work better together to make advances in tephra studies across the many disciplines and regions where tephra is important. The workshops will include small writing groups to work on a focused activity for 1 week each, resulting in a definitive product during the two-year period of the activity. Meetings are being held at research institutions on different continents to draw in researchers from volcanic regions of interest, and to capture differences in local perspective. Table 1. Workshop subjects, dates, venues and attendees. Each workshop will be held over periods of five days. Description Date Venue Approx. attendees Inaugural & template workshop July 27- Aug 2, 2019 Dublin, Ireland (during and after INQUA conference) 10 Databases, tools and software workshop 2020 USA - TBD 10 Consensus paper workshop 2020 (summer?) TBD 6-10 Wrap-up mini-meeting 2021 USA 4 (organizers) The 2019 Dublin workshop participants list has been finalized and we are looking forward to a very productive writing workshop focused on translating the tephra checklists into templates for use by the tephra community. If you are planning to attend the INQUA conference in Dublin this summer please drop by our poster or arrange a time to catch up while we are there. If you have questions about our upcoming activities or would like to contribute feedback, please contact use at your convenience. Sincerely, Marcus Bursik (mib@xxxxxxxxxxx) University of Buffalo Kristi Wallace (kwallace@xxxxxxxx) US Geological Survey, Alaska Volcano Observatory Steve Kuehn (sckuehn@xxxxxxxxxxx) Concord University Andrei Kurbatov (akurbatov@xxxxxxxxx) University of Maine ============================================================== Volcano Listserv is a collaborative venture among Arizona State University (ASU), Portland State University (PSU), the Global Volcanism Program (GVP) of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, and the International Association for Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI). 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