Field Course and Faculty

Volcanology Summer Field Course

Most Unique Course in Program
No Equivalent Course Taught in USA
Three Weeks Long; Taught Summers of
1992, 1993, 1994; 1996; 1998; 2000
Internationally Recognized; 90 students
from 45 Universities and 17 countries
Primary Study Area is the Jemez Mountains
and the Valles Caldera,NM 

Course Study

Undergraduate Credit
Geology 252 (3 credits)Volcanoes Benign Maltgn
Geology 300 (3 credits) Volcanoes and Human Affairs
Graduate Credit
Geology 450L (4 credits)Volcanology
Geology 451L (3 credits) Volcanology Summer Field Courses
Undergraduate Credit
Geology 550 (3 credits)Advanced Volcanologyd Volcanology

 

Faculty

UNM-LANL Volcanology Program

University of New Mexico

Tobias Fischer: (Program Coordinator): magmatic volatiles
Wolfgang Elston: volcanic ore deposits
James Pepike: terrestrial and extraterrestrial volcanic rocks
Gary Smith: volcaniclastic rocks
 Los Alamos National Laboratory (Adjunct Faculty Members)
Scott Baldridge: volcanism and extensional tectonics
Michael Fehler: seismic structural behavior of volcanoes
Fraser Goff: magmatic volatiles and geothermal fluids
Grant Heiken:pyroclastic rocks and planetary volcanism
Greg Valentine: explosive volcanism
Ken Wohletz: physical volcanology and numerical solutions

        Combined Faculty Creates Largest Volcanology Program in USA