Theme 3: Volcanic processes
Volcanoes and their eruptions are fascinating natural phenomena that, directly or indirectly, pose considerable societal and environmental hazards whilst also providing critical resources and shaping the habitability of our planet. These multi-faceted eruption impacts have inspired many generations of scientists to work to improve our understanding of the mechanisms that drive volcanism and it’s impacts. This Theme on “Volcanic Processes” invites researchers to share and discuss ideas on a wide range of volcanic physical and chemical processes associated with volcanic eruptions of all sizes and styles, and including their interactions with the Earth’s subaerial and subaqueous environments. We invite sessions that deal with processes occurring during magma ascent towards the surface and their control on eruption style, processes during eruption, and processes associated with the emplacement and remobilisation of volcanic materials. We encourage colleagues to propose sessions that explore this Theme using both traditional and novel approaches, including observational, field-based, experimental, analytical or numerical methods, and combinations thereof. An integrated and multidisciplinary understanding of volcanic processes and their interactions with our planet’s natural environment will advance our collective knowledge in the field of volcanology and enhance our capacity to reduce volcanic risk.
Theme leaders: Karen Fontijn, Guido Giordano, Emma Nicholson
Session 3.1: Innovative Data Collection, Machine Learning, and Processing Methods in Volcanology
Session 3.2: Exploring the physical and chemical evolution of magmas in volcanic plumbing systems: implications for magma reservoir, conduit processes and eruptive styles
Session 3.3: Volcano interactions with water or ice
Session 3.4: Unravelling eruptive histories of volcanoes to understand future behaviour
Session 3.5: Volcanic sedimentology and geomorphology: Understanding surface and subsurface processes in driving volcanic landscape evolution and hazards
Session 3.6: Crystals and bubbles in magma: Understanding their formation, interaction, feedbacks and effects in magma properties and eruption behaviour
Session 3.7: Small-scale volcanoes and their large-scale volcanic context
Session 3.8: Hydrothermal alteration in volcanic systems
Session 3.9: Multidisciplinary Advances in Understanding Pyroclastic Density Currents
Session 3.10: Multidisciplinary investigations into the structure and dynamics of Campi Flegrei caldera
Session 3.11: Multidisciplinary perspectives on the dynamics and hazards of Collapse Calderas
Session 3.12: Dynamics of volcanic eruption plumes: models and observations
Session 3.13: Applications, advances and challenges in tephrostratigraphy
Session 3.14: Gas-driven Eruptions: Characteristics, Processes and a dire need for Forecasting
Session 3.15: Volcanic processes: from classical to innovative approaches
Session 3.16: Integrating approaches to understand magma dynamics through monitoring, petrology, and modelling
Session 3.17: Volcanic Degassing and Open Vent Volcanoes
