Arctic and Alpine climate change, Volcano-Ice Interactions, British Columbia, Iceland, Chile, Russia, Peru, Volcanology and Igneous Petrology

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AACCRE Canadian High Arctic expedition 2019

Our second AACCRE trip in 2019 was quite an adventure into the Canadian High Arctic, based mainly from the hamlet of Aujuittuq (Grise Fiord), as well as a lesson in Arctic field logistics! Fortunately we had great support from Blackfeather… Continue Reading →

A few thoughts on how climate change could affect volcanoes

First, it is important to understand that Earth’s climatic and volcanic systems are absolutely linked, in the short term and in the long term. Volcanic eruptions send hot gases and tiny solid particles into the atmosphere (though for all but… Continue Reading →

Overview of Iskut-Hoodoo area

Our 2017 fieldwork was just the latest installment of research in the Iskut River area over the past 25+ years. A number of studies have been previously done in the area, dating back to the earliest geologic explorers like F.A…. Continue Reading →

Xenoliths, Dikes and more Pillows

Had a big day on Thursday! We started off with a quick stop at Grænvatn (minus Meagen, Adam and Michael, who had left for the U.S. :(, a small acidic lake filling some explosive craters in the Krusivik area of… Continue Reading →

Playing with pillows

Overview The blog will try to keep people updated on progress of our Dickinson-Wooster expedition in Iceland. We (3 faculty + 6 students) are mapping pillow lavas on the Reykjanes Peninsula, courtesy of several well-placed quarries. The aim of our… Continue Reading →

Reflections on Russia

These posts will highlight a few of the adventures I’ve had this spring while on sabbatical. I was incredibly fortunate to have the opportunity to go to the far east of Russia two times: once in late January and once… Continue Reading →

Lava ice snow experiments at Syracuse

Update on Lava-Ice experiments: Starting to see lots of internet coverage of the Lava-Ice experiments I have been doing with Jeff Karson and Bob Wysocki at Syracuse University, including pictures in German (http://de.engadget.com/2012/08/28/video-kampf-der-titanen-lava-vs-eis/) and Malaysian (http://www.malaysiandigest.com/tech/93901-watch-2500-degree-lava-bubble-over-ice.html) news sites. We should… Continue Reading →

Images of Iceland

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