Monthly Archives: December 2011
Erebus science – dating lava flows
The sampling that is being carried out this year at Erebus also includes work on lava flows around the volcano. Dave Parmelee is a Masters student at New Mexico Tech., and over the past month he has been travelling all … Continue reading
Erebus science – tephra sampling
Tephra sampling has the widest spatial range of any Erebus project this year. Nels Iverson is a postgraduate student at New Mexico Tech. studying towards his Masters in Geology, and his fieldwork in Antarctica has taken him from the top … Continue reading
Erebus science – ice caves
Among the unique features of Erebus are the systems of ice caves and towers formed by fumaroles on the volcano. Aaron Curtis is a PhD student at New Mexico Tech., currently in his third Erebus field season studying the ice … Continue reading
Adios a Mexico
I’ve returned from the field intact and with tons of raw data. The volcano behaved itself, although the activity was low, and the weather wasn’t all that bad. I’m now packing to leave Mexico and a longer post will have … Continue reading
Erebus science – infrasound and seismic
We’ve been busy getting things set up and running over the past couple of weeks, since the weather has been great for work outdoors. One of the science projects that is being carried out this field season is Paige Czoski’s … Continue reading
Preparing for 16 – 18 days of solitary field work on Volcán de Colima, México
My preparations for a second round of fieldwork are finally finished. I’m being optimistic this period will be more successful than the last. Geologically: volcanic activity is currently considerably reduced; Technically: complex and fancy new equipment difficult to master; Metrologically: a hurricane … Continue reading
Catch-up (2): Fang camp
In order to spend time at the Erebus camp, we first need to have a couple of days of acclimatisation at a lower altitude. The usual site for this is at the Fang glacier on Erebus (about 2900 m), where … Continue reading
Catch-up (1): pre-Erebus
Apologies for the lack of recent updates! This post will cover what we got up to during our last week at McMurdo. Hut Point and Discovery Hut Although Erebus is the only active volcano on Ross Island, three other volcanic … Continue reading