ESC
Working Group
"Earthquakes and Volcanoes"
Annual
Workshop 2008
The San Cristobal volcanic complex. Photo by Jaime
Incer, from VolcanoWorld
This
meeting was co-sponsored by the
IASPEI/IAVCEI Inter-Association Commission on Volcano Seismology.
21 - 27 September 2008
Workshop Title:
" Characterization of volcanic regimes using continuous
seismic data... and possibly more!
"
Every year we focus on a given topic,
however, our workshops deal with
all fields related to volcano seismology.
Martinelli Travel Fund:
Like every year, a financial contribution was supplied by
Bruno Martinelli Fund
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Program:
Sun
21/09/2008
Arrival of participants in Managua, stay at the hotel
"Las Mercedes" in
Managua near the
airport,
Mon
22/09/2008
09:00 Opening at INETER´s Auditorium by
INETER´s
Director
09:20
Introductory speeches about the Working group, INETER, Nicaragua
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Visit of INETER´s monitoring and early warning
center on
geologic
phenomena (earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, landslides)
12:00
Lunch
13:00 Field trip – Managua and its volcanoes
15:30 Visit to Masaya volcano, Crater and Visitors Center
Presentation of a paper on Masaya volcano
17:00 Trip to León city
18:30 Arrival in León, Hotel Charly
Tue
23/09/2008
08:30 Presentation of papers
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Field trip (30 min) to Cerro Negro volcano,
Visit of local seismic network and seismic broad band station;
Visit of the crater area
18:00 back
in León
Wed
24/09/2008
08:30 Presentation of papers
10:30 Coffee break
11:00
Presentation of papers
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Visit to El Fortín (15 min), outskirts of Leon city
View
of the Nicaraguan Volcanic Chain
15:00
Presentation of papers
Thu
25/09/2008
08:00 Trip to Telica volcano (1 1/2 hours)
Visit of local seismic network and broad band station,
visit of crater area
14:00 Trip to Casita volcano, Visit of the area of the desastrous
landslide of 1998 (2000 killed)
18:00 back in León
Fri
26/09/2008
08:30 Presentation of papers
10:30
Coffee break
11:00 Presentation of papers
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Presentation of papers
15:00
coffee break
17:00 trip
back to Managua, stay at a hotel in Managua
Sat
27/09/2008
Departure of participants/additional fieldtrip
POST-WORKSHOP
FIELDTRIP:
Sat 27/09/2008:
Visit to Apoyo Caldera,(beautiful lake) ,
Mombacho volcano (coffee
plantation,
rain forest, view to Ometepe and Granada), sleeping in Granada
Sun 28/09/2008:
trip to Rivas, Ferry to Ometepe Island,
Concepción volcano, staying the night at
Ometepe,
swimming in lake Nicaragua
Mon 29/09/2008:
Maderas volcano, biological station, ferry back to
mainland, trip to Chinandega
city (3hours),
sleeping in Chinandega
Tue 30/09/2008:
trip to Cosigüina (1 hour), view to Fonseca Bay, walk
to the crater of Cosigüina V., sleeping at a
Hotel-Hacienda near Cosigüina, swimming in Fonseca bay
Wed 01/10/2008:
Back to Managua, visiting the ruins of Leon Viejo
(founded 1522), old Capital
of Nicaragua -
abandoned 1610 due to eruptive activity of
Momotombo, view to Momotombo volcano
and Lake
Managua, sleeping in Managua
Thu 02/10/2008:
departure
Location
& Accomodation:
The
conference was based in the Hotel Charly in Leon
http://www.hotelcharliesbar-b-q.com/
Conveners:
Wilfried Strauch, Director
General de la
Dirección de Geofísica, INETER, Nicaragua (Local
organising committee)
Jurgen Neuberg, University of Leeds, UK (WG chairman)
Roberto
Carniel, University of Udine, Italy and UNAM, Mexico (WG secretary)
Download the Book of
abstracts here