Student Field Course Announcement
International Volcanological Field School 2007
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA
Gorely and Mutnovsky Volcanoes, Kamchatka, Russia
Application Deadline: Sunday, 1 April 2007
For further information, please go to:
http://www.uaf.edu/geology/InternVolcanologySchool/2000index.htm
or contact:
John Eichelberger
University of Alaska Fairbanks
E-mail: eich [at] gi.alaska.edu
The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) and Kamchatka State University
(KSU) announce the International Volcanological Field School 2007, two
field courses, each lasting two weeks, for undergraduate and graduate
students to perform field studies of sub-Arctic, subduction zone
volcanism.
The first field course explores the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and
neighboring volcanoes in Katmai National Park, Alaska on 7-21 June 2007.
The second field course visits Gorely and Mutnovsky Volcanoes in
Kamchatka on approximately 23 July-5 August 2007. Students may choose to
enroll in one or both courses and can earn three undergraduate or
graduate credits at UAF for participating.
Students explore and discuss the full range of phenomena that
constitutes volcanoes, using some of the best examples in the world. The
course is co-taught at both the undergraduate and graduate level by John
Eichelberger (UAF) and Dmitry Melnikov (KSU), as well as by guest
scientists from Russia, the U.S., and Japan.
Applications must be submitted by Sunday, 1 April 2007, and are
available on the UAF Department of Geology and Geophysics website at:
http://www.uaf.edu/geology/InternVolcanologySchool/2000index.htm
For further information, please contact:
John Eichelberger
University of Alaska Fairbanks
E-mail: eich [at] gi.alaska.edu