Catalog Number: 3975
Number of Credits: 3
This course will provide a firm grounding in the critical study of pyroclastic rocks, deposits (unconsolidated) and pyroclasts erupted in various subaerial, subaqueous and subvolcanic settings on Earth. The course content assumes that the student is familiar with the basics of pyroclast eruption and emplacement. The course will focus on interpreting eruption mechanisms, transport processes and depositional processes of all types of pyroclastic material, using field and laboratory data. We will be particularly concerned with these questions: a) What information on eruption mechanisms can we get from studying pyroclastic material?, b) How do we distinguish explosively-generated rocks/deposits from other very similar volcaniclastic rocks?, c) How do we recognize juvenile clasts?, and d) How do we distinguish subaqueous from subaerial emplacement? The course will include discussion in the classroom, especially of recent volcanological literature, and microscope study of thin-sections.Offered upon student demand. Lecture, 3 hours. Prerequisites: GEOL 2750. Department Consent Required.2-3 Credits
Course prerequisites
GEOL 2750
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