Volcanology

Duration

20h Th, 30h Pr

Number of credits

Lecturer

Jacqueline Vander Auwera

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course includes the following topics: calculation of the viscosity, density and oxygen fugacity of silicate melts; use of geothermobarometry; modelling of magmatic differentiation using major and trace elements; melt inclusions.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Enable students to describe eruptive products and quantify magmatic differentiation

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Geochemistry (GEOL0206-3)
Magmatic petrology and metamorphic petrology (GEOL1035-1 et GEOL1036-1).

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

10 lectures of 2H and 7 sessions of exercices (4H).


If necessary, the practical work will be partly replaced by an excursion or by the reading of an article associated with a presentation.

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Recommended or required readings

Ouvrages de référence: -Shaw D.M. (2006). Trace elements in Magmas, a theoretical treatment. Cambridge University Press -Rollinson H. (1993). Using geochemical data: evaluation, presentation, interpretation. Longman, 352p.
-Chazot, Lénat, Maury, Agranier, Roche 2017. Volcanologie. deBoeck

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- Remote

oral exam

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

Attendance at practical work is compulsory and conditions success.
Written exam.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Vander Auwera-Coppens Pétrologie, Géochimie endogènes et pétrophysique, Bât. B20, 4000 Liège (Sart Tilman) Tél.: 04/366.22.53 -mailto:jvdauwera@ulg.ac.be Secretariat: Mrs M.Guadagnano and J. Schmetz Tél.: 04/366.22.51 - mailto:m.guadagnano@uliege.be, joelle.schmetz@ulg.ac.be