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MAKAVOL 2012 EL HIERRO October 10th - 15th - 2012 Centro Cultural de El Pinar - 38914 El Pinar, El Hierro - Canary Islands, SPAIN Conferencia para conmemorar el 1er Aniversario de la erupción submarina de El Hierro 2011-2012 Information : nperez@iter.es - registration : makavol_2012_elhierro@iter.es
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Cities on volcanoes 7
General objectives of the conference Additional information http://www.citiesonvolcanoes7.com How to register Visit the website for information. or contact the Secretariat: |
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The second Conferenza A. Rittmann (Catania, Nicolosi, Italy) from 12 to 14 December 2012 will provide to the Italian and International volcanological
scientific community the opportunity to meet and discuss recent
developments of research and monitoring activities.
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International Conference 10-12 October 2012 - Santorini island, Greece. Dr Georges E. Vougioukalakis
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from April 24th to April 28th 2013 and hosted by the Senckenberg
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4-13 September 2012 (tentative schedule) ******************************** Cerro Negro in Nicaragua and Hekla in Iceland are two basaltic to basaltic andesite volcanoes that erupt explosively, frequently, and with little or no warning. For these reasons, they are unusual and interesting from a scientific perspective. They also pose a significant hazards problem for people living both close to and far from the volcanoes. the principal objective of this workshop is a better scientific understanding of and predictive ability for these two enigmatic volcanoes, which may very well erupt again soon. We will explore the workings of the two volcanoes through a series of workshop sessions and fieldtrips. There are four main goals. First, we wish to increase our understanding of when, how and why these volcanoes erupt, as well as improved insight into the subsurface magmatic plumbing systems that nourish these volcanoes. Second, we want to develop new tools and new approaches to be able to increase our understanding. Some of these tools will be synergistic, e.g., integrating geodesy and measurements of gas emissions. Third, we want to use the workshop to build new international collaborative research teams and research projects to study these volcanoes. Fourth, we wish to build capacity in Nicaragua, Iceland, and also at the graduate student level. Hence the workshop has an important training element built in. The time is ripe and right now to hold such a workshop. The probability is very high that one or both of these volcanoes will erupt again in the next five to ten years, so this workshop provides us with a strategic window of opportunity to enhance our scientific, predictive, and hazards response capabilities before the volcanoes erupt. If one of the volcanoes does indeed erupt before the workshop takes place, the workshop will provide an ideal venue to assess the eruption, examine early results, and plan future collaborative and comparative work. Please contact one of the organizers below if you are interested in participating. We will attempt to secure partial funding for scientists from developing countries and for graduate students. Pete LaFemina, Penn State University, plafemina@psu.edu ; Angélica Muñoz, INETER, angelica.munoz@gf.ineter.gob.ni ; Rikke Pedersen, Institute of Earth Sciences, rikke@hi.is ; Freysteinn Sigmundsson, Institute of Earth Sciences, fs@hi.is ; John Stix, McGill University, stix@eps.mcgill.ca; Marc-Antoine Longpré, McGill University, m-a.longpre@mcgill.ca; Halldor Geirsson, Penn State University, hzg5036@psu.edu; J. Armando Saballos, University of South Florida, asaballo@mail.usf.edu; Henry Gaudru, SVE-UNISDR, Geneva, hgaudru@sveurop.org
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