Instructors:

  James Gardner (GEO 4.108; gardner@mail.utexas.edu)

            Office Hours: M 1:00-3:00, F 9:00-11:00

  J. Richard Kyle (Office GEO 3.316D; rkyle@mail.utexas.edu)

            Office Hours: M 10:00-11:30, T 2:00-3:30

	LECTURE SCHEDULE				LABORATORY SCHEDULE

Jan	15	Class Introduction				14/16	no lab	
	17	Volcanoes around the world			

	22	Magma and their volatiles			21/23	Petrography of magmas
	24	Magma properties 							

	29	Bubbles					28/30	Density/Viscosity of magma
	31	Magma ascent rates							

Feb	5	Conduit flow and degassing			4/6	Textures of volcanic rocks
	7	Two-phase conduit flow							

	12	Magma-water interactions			10/11	CONFLOW modeling
	14	Sizes and frequencies of eruptions 			

	19	Class Exam #1 				18/20	no lab (field trip on Feb. 23)
	21	Buoyant eruption plumes			

	26	Collapsing eruption plumes			25/27	ERUPT modeling		
	28	Pyroclastic Deposits				

Mar	4	Pyroclastic fall deposits			3/5	Grain size of tephra deposits
	6	Pyroclastic flow deposits 

		[Spring Break]

	18	Caldera eruptions				17/19	lava flows
	20	Lava flows and domes

	25	Volcanic Hazards (lahars) 			24/26	IAVCEI video on hazards		
	27	Volcanic Hazards (avalanches, tsunami)

Apr	1	Class Exam #2				30/2	Volumes of eruptions
	3	Volcanic Monitoring					 

	8	Volcanism through time			7/9	IAVCEI video on risks
	10	Volcanic Resources 					

	15	Volcanic Resources				14/16	marine volcanic resources
	17	Volcanic Resources

	22	Case studies of eruptions			21/23	continental volcanic resources
	24	Case studies of eruptions			

	29	Climatic Impacts				28/30	review
May	1	Class Exam #3

Key Dates

T     Feb 19 	Exam #1

S     Feb 23	Field Trip
T     Apr 1	Exam #2
Th   May 1	Exam #3

NO FINAL EXAM

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