Tuesday September 2
current events and eruptions in the news: Nevada!
ESW chapter 1. Fire and brimstone (discuss jargon part1)
hazard maps. Rainier and Fuego
Volcanology slides
Thursday September 4
ESW chapter 1. Fire and brimstone (discuss jargon part2)
ESW chapter 2. Eruption styles, hazards, and ecoystems impacts (reading assigned)
map. MSH (topographic) - first homework introduced (HW#1)
Tuesday August 26
introductions
current events and eruptions in the news. Case study: Fuego
read GVP bulletin report from 2018 (long!)
Thursday August 28
Discuss GVP bulletin report for Fuego
Explore linked materials for Fuego
ESW chapter 1. Fire and brimstone (reading assigned)
Tuesday September 9
current events and eruptions in the news: TBD
case study. Pinatubo (1991); an eruption 'predicted'
Thursday September 11
ESW chapter 3. Volcanoes and global climate change
movie. (In the Path of a Killer Volcano) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YwYEPgJrfA
Tuesday September 16
current events and eruptions in the news: Soufriere Hills
case study. Mount Pelee (1902) pyroclastic density currents
Thursday September 18
ESW chapter 4. Forensic volcanology
map. introduction to digital maps (SRTM and https://jthatch.com/Terrain2STL/)
volcano selection introduction
Tuesday September 23
current events and eruptions in the news: TBD
case study. Krakatau (1883) and Hunga Tonga (2022); tsunamis
Thursday September 25
chapter 5. Relics, myths, and chronicles
volcano selection finalized
Tuesday September 30 - in-class midterm
Thursday October 2 - volcano prints introduction and video
Tuesday October 7 - volcano prints (HW#2)
Thursday October 9 - volcano prints (HW#2 continued)
Tuesday October 14 -
current events and eruptions in the news: TBD
volcano eruptions, documentaries, and the popular press
Thursday October 16 -
chapter 6. Killer Plumes
Tuesday October 21
current events and eruptions in the news: TBD
case study: Nyiragongo lava flows
Thursday October 23
HW#3 viscosity and lava flows
chapter 7. Human Origins (student-led #1)
Tuesday October 28 - Professor Brittany Brand and group guest instruction
Thursday October 30 - Professor Brittany Brand and group guest instruction
Tuesday November 4
current events and eruptions in the news: TBD
chapter 8. The ash giant/sulphur dwarf (student-led #2)
Thursday November 6
chapter 9. European volcanism in prehistory (student-led #3)
Tuesday November 11
current events and eruptions in the news: TBD
chapter 10. The rise of Teotihuacán (student-led #4)
Thursday November 13- HW#4 trash can liquid nitrogen eruptions
chapter 11. Dark ages: dark nature? (student-led #5)
Tuesday November 18
current events and eruptions in the news: TBD
chapter 12. The haze famine (student-led #6)
Thursday November 20
chapter 13. The last great subsistence crisis in the Western World (student-led #7)
Tuesday December 2
current events and eruptions in the news: TBD
chapter 14. Volcanic catastrophe risk (student-led #8)
Thursday December 4
case study: Yellowstone (and Craters of the Moon)
Tuesday December 9 - oral presentations Volcano Hazards at student-selected case study
Thursday December 11 - oral presentations Volcano Hazards at student-selected case study