PHYSICS OF VOLCANIC PROCESSES
Academic year2016/17
CourseGEOSCIENCES AND GEOTECHNOLOGIES
Code040DD
Credits6
PeriodSemester 1
LanguageItalian
| Modules | Area | Type | Hours | Teacher(s) |
| FISICA DEL VULCANISMO | GEO/08 | LEZIONI | 48 | |
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Knowledge
The objectives of the course are to familiarize the student with the theme of the volcanic crisis and the different aspects of their management. The course aims to analyze from a physical point of view the eruptive process and the dangers it produces. Most of these concepts are qualitatively extensible to other types of natural hazards.
Assessment criteria of knowledge
Methods:
Teaching methods
Delivery: face to face
Learning activities:
- attending lectures
- participation in seminar
Teaching methods:
Syllabus
Volcanic eruption through analysis and discussion of case studies. Physical processes that govern the eruptive phenomena . Storage of magma , calderas and magma chambers. The magma chambers as the controlling factor of the volcanic process . The role of volatiles in the volcanic process . Magma fragmentation and influence of volatiles on the eruptive style. Factors controlling the height of the eruptive plume. Explosions Involving external transients water and types of hydromagmatic eruptions and their products. Fall and flow processes in the development of pyroclastic materials. Pyroclastic density currents origin and their deposits. Lava flows, types of lava rheology of lava flows. Eruptions of exceptional magnitude. Volcanic hazard and volcanic monitoring. Types of volcanic hazards. Long-and short-term forecasting of eruptions.
Bibliography
Fundamendals of Physical Volcanology
Work placement
Civil protection
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