SUBJECT

Volcanology

lecture

master

Faculty of Science

Geology MSc

2

Semester 2

Spring semester

Volcanology – history and evolution of this scientific field; definitions and terminology in volcanology; from the source to the surface: the reason of melt generation; volcanoes and plate tectonics; triggering mechanism of volcanic eruptions; temporal evolution of volcanoes: active and repose time; effusive eruptions: lava types; explosive volcanism: magmatic, phreatomagmatic and phreatic eruptions; pyroclasts and pyroclastic rocks; deposition of pyroclastic deposits: pyroclastic fall, pyroclastic flow and pyroclastic surge; lithologic and genetic description of pyroclastic deposits and rocks; volcanic facies analysis; monogenetic and polygenetic volcanism; volcanoes and climate; volcanoes and society; eruption forecast; volcanoes of the Carpathian-Pannonian region

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• Cas, R.A.F., Wright, J.V.: Volcanic Successions - Modern and Ancient, London, 1988
• Francis, P.: Volcanoes. A Planetary Perspective. London, 1993 S
• igurdsson, H. (ed): Encyclopedia of Volcanoes. London, 2000
• Németh K., Martin, U.: Practical Volcanology, Budapest. 2007