Some notes on note-taking: In response to the Friday fieldtrip to San Clemente beach
Volcanic Landforms and Layers Lecture 10
Chemical classification of lavas
Chemical composition of island arc volcanics versus distance from trench
The role of water in magmatic viscosity
Classification of pyroclastic rocks by grain size
Classification of eruption types
Classification of eruptions by explosiveness
Regions of a Plinian eruption column
Development of the 1980 Plinian umbrella cloud
Contrasting nature of pyroclastic fall, surge and flow deposits
Welded tuffs (ignimbrite deposits)
Example of a pyroclastic flows from Mono Craters, CA
Example from Santorini, Greece