Volcanology Summer Field Course
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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 |
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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 |
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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