Working Group of the European Seismological Commission

SEISMIC PHENOMENA ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC ACTIVITY

"Complimenting Seismology with other Monitoring Techniques for Forecasting Purposes"

16-20 September 2002





Abstracts for all talks are available here.

Monday 16th , Tuesday 17th , Wednesday 18th , Thursday 19th , Friday 20th



Monday 16 September


Chairman: Roberto Carniel

10.00
Jurgen Neuberg - Introduction

10.20
H. Rademacher - Volcanoes: Too many questions and even more data?

11.00
J. Neuberg - Latest developments of Soufriere Hills, Montserrat

12.00
H. Soosalu - Unusually high seismic activity at the Katla volcano, south Iceland

14.30
J. Neuberg - The MULTIMO project: an overview

15.00
O. Spieler - Fragmentation speed in explosive volcanism

15.30
N.G. Lensky, R.W. Niebo, J.F. Holloway, V. Lyakhovsky and O. Navon - Bubble nucleation and growth

16.00
H. Soosalu - Low-frequency earthquakes at the Torfajökull volcano, south Iceland, measured by a local network




Tuesday 17 September


Chairman: Peggy Hellweg

09.30
J. Neuberg - Characteristics of seismic low-frequency events

10.00
C. Storr - Numerical Modelling of Volcanic Seismic Signals

10.30
P. Jousset - Insights in magma processes using low-frequency volcanic earthquake observations and modelling

11.30
L. Collier - Seismic Attenuation in Bubbly Liquids

12.00
T. Powell and J. Neuberg - Seismic parameters in different phases of volcanic activity in 1997

12.30
J. Neuberg - From seismograms to magma

14.30
R. Ortiz - Tungurahua volcano: the June 2002 activity

15.00
L. Ottemoller - Automatic moment magnitude determination for tectonic events on Deception Island, Antarctica

15.30
E. Faber, C. Moran, J. Poggenburg, G. Garzon and M. Teschner - Gas Monitoring at the Galeras Volcano, Colombia

16.30
M.S. Barbano, M. Consentino and G. Lombardo - Intensity attenuation law in the eastern flank of Mt. Etna

17.00
David Green and R Thompson - Mediterranean precipitation teleconnection

Evening: White wine tasting session
Chairman: Jurgen Neuberg




Wednesday 18 September

Field Excursion:
Jack Boy Hill, The Old MVO, Garibaldi Hill and the New MVO




Thursday 19 September


Chairman: Philippe Jousset

09.30
R. Carniel and M. Di Cecca - Towards a user-friendly database for monitoring, analysis and forecasting

10.00
O. Jaquet, R. Carniel, R. Namar and M. di Cecca - DEVIN : a simulator of volcanic events considered in terms of a stochastic punctual process

10.30
A.J.L. Harris, R. Carniel and J. Jones - Identification and modelling of variable convective regimes at Erta Ale lava lake

11.30
A. Llinares - The educational volcano seismic network

12.00
R. Azzaro, M. S. Barbano, S. Branca and S. Giammanco - Active buried faults in the eastern flank of Mount Etna: new evidence from seismotectonic and geochemical data

14.30
C.A. Pshenichny, V.P. Moukhachov and Z.V. Khrabykh - Logical inference and conceptual uncertainty in estimating volcanic hazard

15.00
B.. Baptie - Explosion seismicity at the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat

15.30
General discussion.
Plans for next workshop

Evening: Red wine tasting session
Chairman: Jurgen Neuberg




Friday 20 September

Field Excursion: Lovers Lane and the Centre of Plymouth