Geological disasters: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides and megafloods

Course programme

Friday 23 October 2015

Please plan to arrive between 16:30 and 18:30. You can meet other course members in the bar which opens at 18:15. Tea and coffee making facilities are available in the study bedrooms.

19:00 Dinner
20:30 - 22:00 A brief introduction to how the world works. Earthquakes; causes and measurement
22:00 Terrace bar open for informal discussion

Saturday 24 October 2015

07:30 Breakfast
09:00 - 10:30 Earthquake distribution, hazards and what we can learn from earthquakes
10:30 Coffee
11:00 - 12:30 Practical activity simulating an earthquake to see what factors determine the strength of an earthquake. Predicting earthquakes
12:30 Free
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Free
16:00 Tea
16:30 - 18:00 Volcanoes: types of activity, distribution and causes of explosive eruptions
18:00 Free
18:30 Dinner
20:00 - 21:30 Volcanoes: practical activity simulating lava flows and determining what factors affect the speed of flow. How we can predict volcanic eruptions?
21:30 Terrace bar open for informal discussion

Sunday 25 October 2015

07:30 Breakfast
09:00 - 10:30 Landslides: types and causes
10:30 Coffee
11:00 - 12:30 Megafloods and sea level change caused by post glacial melting
12:30 Free
12:45 Lunch

The course will disperse after lunch