| Required Textbook:
Cas, R.A.F. and J.V. Wright, 1987, Volcanic
Successions: Modern and Ancient. Allen & Unwin Press, London, 528 pp.
(VS)
Recommended Textbook:
Encyclopedia of Volcanoes, 2000, Haraldur
Sigurdsson, editor, Academic Press, San Diego, 1417 pp. (EV) This
book can be purchased through amazon.com for ~$75. It is a very important
reference source and every person with a career in volcanology should have
access to it.
Texts on Reserve in the Science and
Engineering Library:
Fisher, R.V. and Schmincke, H.-U., 1984,
Pyroclastic Rocks. Springer-Verlag, New York, 472 pp. (PR) This
is an older but still very good reference book.
Unfortunately, it is not out of print.
Other Reading:
Reading assignments of articles in professional
journals will be made occasionally throughout the semester. Generally you
will have one week to read an article before it is presented in class by
a graduate student. Come prepared to ask pertinent or critical questions
of the presenter to help clarify your understanding of the article.
Course Activities:
This course consists of two lectures on
Monday and Wednesday of each week. If an outside reading has been assigned,
graduate students will prepare an outline of the assigned readings which
will be posted on my web site prior to their oral presentations in the
class. If I bring study materials to the class, everyone will examine the
samples and prepare a short written report which will be due one week later.
I anticipate that we will work with actual samples in the SEM laboratory
on the South Campus at least once during the semester.
Course Requirements
There will be two hour-long, in-class exams
during the semester and one final exam during finals week. Daily and/or
weekly projects will be assigned and are due at the beginning of the stated
class period. Because this is a cross listed course, undergraduates (enrolled
in GLY 433) and graduate students (enrolled in GLY 533) will have slightly
different assignments.
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