VISITING LECTURE SERIES
Dave Snoeyenbos - Ultrahigh Pressure Metamorphism in Western Massachusetts.
Jan 29 at 3:30 pm
Five College Faculty Lectures
Tuesday, February 2nd, Red Barn, Hampshire College
John Brady (Smith College) - Pseudomorphs after Lawsonite, Syros, Greece
February 5th at 3:30 pm
Cathy Cashman (University of Oregon) - Mineralogical Society of America Lecture - title to be announced.
April 16th at 3:30 pm
CURRENTLY ERUPTING VOLCANOES
February 3rd
An underwater volcano erupted Wednesday morning about 5 kilometers north-northwest of Iwo Jima (Iwo To), sending a plume of white ash and steam into the air. The eruption of the Fukutokuoka no Ba undersea volcano -- which last erupted in July 2005 -- was discovered at about 7:45 a.m. by a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat. According to the coast guard, the volcano is about 1,300 kilometers south of Tokyo, and has also erupted in 1904, 1914 and 1986. In each case small islands were formed, all of which, however, eventually sank back into the ocean.
February 10th
Pacaya volcano, Guatemala - continuing lava flows
February 11 th
Souffriere Hills, Montserrat - Dome collapse producing extensive pyroclastic flows. See http://www.mvo.ms/