Indonesian Society of Economic Geologists and Indonesian Association of Geologists

41st IAGI Annual Convention, 2012, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Volcanology, volcanic facies and related mineralization

Three-day course combining lectures and two half-day fieldtrips.

Lectures topics included eruption styles on land and under water, products of eruptions, kinds of volcanoes, effects of hydrothermal alteration on volcanic rocks, breccias in mineralised volcanic environments and volcanic hosted ore deposits.

Fieldtrips involved an old volcanic area and an active volcano, and allowed participants to view a variety of common volcanic facies types and to practice appropriate description and interpretation.