I INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON COLLAPSE CALDERAS
30/9-02/10/2010 (Reunion Island)
As part of the next workshop on calderas to be held in La Reunión Island, France, at October 3-9, 2010, the Commission is willing to start as a new activity the implementation of the International Course on Collapse Calderas. This time, the course will take place just before the workshop and will consist of two days theoretical lessons (September 30-October 1, 2010) and one day field trip (October 2, 2010).
Since it would be the first time we offer this course, we are programming introductory modules concerning formation and development of collapse calderas, principal products associated to caldera-forming eruptions, as well as an actualized classification of calderas. Following these modules we will focus on the topics that can best be applied in the coming workshop, such as numeric and analogue modeling, monitoring, and the case study of Reunión Island. The course will end with a day in the field to visit field examples of deposits and structures related to caldera-forming eruptions and instrumentation for monitoring caldera unrest signals.
PROGRAM
Teachers:
Prof. Joan Marti
Module 1: General concepts of collapse calderas
Module 2: Dynamics of caldera-forming eruptions
Prof. Ray Cas
Module 3: Field studies on Collapse Calderas
Dr. Valerio Acocella
Module 4: Analogue models on Collapse Calderas
Dr. Adelina Geyer
Module 5: Numerical models on Collapse Calderas
Dr. Anthony Finizola
Module 6: Geophysical imaging on collapse calderas
Dr. Andrea di Muro
Module 7: Monitoring collapse calderas
Dr. Laurent Michon
Module 8: Case-study Reunion Island
The pre-workshop international course on collapse calderas is open to Master and PhD students and will take place at the Maison du Volcan (Bourg Murat) between September 30 and October 2. The course introduces to the state-of-art of research and monitoring techniques on collapse calderas and will be held by scientists from several research institutes. The course includes a visit to the Piton de la Fournaise Volcanic Observatory (OVPF) and its monitoring network (one day field trip) and two days of lectures. The participation fee of 150 € includes the hotel (Auberge du Volcan). New Registration deadline is March 31, 2010. Places are limited to 40 participants.