ENVG 60390 - Physical Volcanology

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

Environmental Geosciences

Description:

This course is an introduction to volcanoes, and includes the links between volcanoes and their tectonic and geophsyical setting, the types of volcanic edifices, classic eruption styles and deposits, volcanoes and their eruption products as landforms, and comparisons to planetary volcanism. Class will meet once a week for an hour in the Fall for reading and discussion (1 credit) then have a week long field trip to Hawaii just before the start of the Spring semester (1 credit), and would have a research paper due spring semester (1 credit). Tentative travel dates are January 6-13, 2008.

Credits:

2.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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