Introduction to volcanology
A four-day professional training course on volcanology for the geology team (15 geologists) of a company mining and exploring in complex volcanic successions that host epithermal deposits.
Participants varied widely in experience and had no prior volcanology training. Morning lectures alternated with afternoon practical exercises conducted on mine exposures and drill core.
Lectures covered how volcanoes work on land and under water, how the products of eruptions reflect the eruption style, different kinds of volcanoes, the effects of hydrothermal alteration on volcanic rocks, and breccias in mineralised volcanic successions.
Practical exercises focussed on how to name, describe, log and interpret volcanic and other facies.
