Unit name | Natural Hazards in Central America |
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Unit code | EASCM1008 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. Matthew Watson |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites | |
Co-requisites | |
School/department | School of Earth Sciences |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
Natural Hazards in Central America is a field-based course offered to students on the MRes in the Science of Natural Hazards. Students are introduced, in situ, to volcanic hazards including lava flows (Pacaya), Earthquake damage (Antigua), Pyroclastic flow and lahar deposits (Fuego),ignibrites (Atitlan) and Vulcanian explosions (Santiaguito). The field trip also encompasses visits to three volcano observatories, the headquarters of both the geological survey (INSIVUMEH) and disaster response centre (CONRED) and the Mayan cite at Iximche.
On successful completion of the unit, you will be able to:
Fieldwork.
The assessment is 100% coursework-based.
General References:
Cameron, B.I., Walker, J.A., Carr, M.J., Patino, L.C., Matias, O., Feigenson, M.D. (2002): Flux versus decompression melting at stratovolcanoes in southeastern Guatemala. JVGR 119:21-50; Drexler, J.W., Rose, W.I., Sparks, R.S.J., Ledbetter, M.T. (1980): The Los Chocoyos Ash, Guatemala: A major stratigraphic marker in Middle America and in three ocean basins. Quaternary Research 13:327-345; Halsor, S.P., Rose, W.I. (1988): Common characteristics of paired volcanoes in Northern Central America. JGR 93B5:4467-4476; Reynolds, J.H. (1980): Late Tertiary volcanic stratigraphy of Northern Central America. Bull. Volc. 43:601-607; Rodriguez, L.A., Watson, I.M., Rose, W.I., Branan, Y.K., Bluth, G.J.S., Chigna, G., Matias, O., Escobar, D., Carn, S.A., Fischer, T.P. (2004): SO2 emissions to the atmosphere from active volcanoes in Guatemala and El Salvador, 1999-2002. JVGR 138:325-344; Rose, W.I., Conway, F.M., Pullinger, C.R., Deino, A., McIntosh, W.C. (1999): An improved age framework for late Quaternary silicic eruptions in northern Central America. Bull. Volc. 61:106-120; Vallance, J.W., Siebert, L., Rose, W.I., Giron, J.R., Banks, N.G. (1995): Edifice collapse and related hazards in Guatemala. JVGR 66:337-355. Additional reading on particular volcanoes is available on Blackboard