Professor, Geology 
876 Natural Science Complex 
North Campus Office: NSC 717 
Email: mfs@geology.buffalo.edu 
Voice: 645-6800 ext. 3984 
Fax: 716-645-3999 
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GLY 433/533 Pyroclastic Rocks
Class Schedule for fall 2003
Revised 22 Oct.
 
Week
Topic
Reading
Web Site
25 Aug.
Magma generation and ascent VS C2; PR C3
EV 171-190;  207-235

27 Aug.
Plumbing & Conduit flow EV 191-206; 219-236
PR C2

1 Sept.
Labor Day, no class

3, 8 &10 Sept.
Melt fragmentation, Volcanic plumes
Plume sedimentation  (MIB lectures)
VS C3, C5, C6
EV 421-429;527-544; PR C3, 4, 7, & 10

15 Sept.
Class Rescheduled

17 Sept.
Class Rescheduled

22 Sept.
Tephra; Grads Paper topic due VS C3; PR C5 & 6
24 Sept.
Grain size VS C6:129-140; 
EV 421-429,447-476; 

29 Sept.
Explosive eruptions
Strombolian eruptions and scoria cones
VS C6
PR C4; EV 249-270; 477-494

1 Oct.
Ballistic ejecta, Fall deposits
In class fall deposit exercise I
VS C5:94-103; C6:129-162
EV 477-494, 555-570, 571-580; PR C5 & 6
Stromboli online
6 Oct.
Yom Kippur, no class

8 Oct.
EXAM I

13 Oct.
Hydrovolcanism, Tuff cones and tuff rings ES 361-382; 383-402, 431-445, 495-512
PR C9 & 10

15 Oct.
Pyroclastic surge, Volcanic Cycles
In class fall deposit exercise II
VS C5:114-126; C6:156-162; C7 
ES 463-476, 
Vesuvius web site
20 Oct.
Column Collapse, Pyroclastic flows,
Ash flow tuffsFluidization
VS C5;  C7; C8:223-250
EV 545-554, 581-600; PR C8

22 Oct.
Welded tuffs VS C8:251-258; PR 210-218
27 Oct.
SEM EV 581-600; PR C8
29 Oct.
SEM laboratory
Complete SEM homework exercise
3:00 PM Squire Hall, South Campus room B-1 (basement)
3 Nov. Volcanic debris avalanches
Grad paper objective and outline due 

EV 617-626

5 Nov. Grain flow
In class welded tuff exercise I

Granular Volcano Group  use IE
10 Nov. Debris flow models VS C10; EV 601-616; PR C11
12 Nov. In class welded tuff exercise II EV 

17 Nov. Calderas, Landforms,
Hydrothermal Processes

EV 89-114, 307-320, 601-616, 643-662, 663-682; VS C13, C15: PR C14
19 Nov. Titan2D demo in Engineering Trailer I

24 Nov. Volcanic hazards, Mexico, Cascades
EV 89-114, 945-955, 973-995, 1215-1228; PR C14
26 Nov. Thanksgiving holiday, no classes

1 & 3 Dec. Grads: Oral class presentations

  8 Dec. Grads: Oral class presentations
Paper due 12/ 8


12 Dec. Comprehensive Exam, UB scheduled,
3:30 PM in room 850