Submarine volcanic eruptions and their products

A two-day professional training course on submarine volcanic eruptions and their products for a team of ten geologists engaged in modern seafloor exploration.

Lectures included eruption styles under water, characteristics of submarine lavas, products of submarine explosive eruptions and different kinds of seafloor volcanoes.

Short practical exercises dealt with skills in naming, describing and interpreting common seafloor volcanic facies using the client’s drill core.