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1. Tephra Impact Lab - Taupo Volcano

   06 Dec 2011 | Contributor(s):: Tom Wilson, Leah Michelle Courtland

   This lab requires students to produce a pre-eruption tephra risk assessment for Taupo volcano, using Tephra2. It requires students to consider the eruptive history of Taupo volcano and a volcanic unrest scenario is provided, so that students must decide what magnitude and style of eruption is...

2. Lava Flow Eruptions- Exploring Earth's Volcanic Environments Virtual Fieldtrip

   05 Apr 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Steven Carey

   https://volcano.uri.edu/This module dealing with effusive volcanism highlights the 1783 Laki fissure eruption in Iceland, the largest historic lava flow event.Exploring Earth's Volcanic Environments:This module is one in a series of two web-based modules that have been developed...

3. Natural Hazards Tephra Fallout Lab

   04 Mar 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Leah Michelle Courtland

   This lab walks students through using the tephra2 education graphical user interface (gui) to investigate tephra fallout at Colima volcano. By the end of this lab, students should be able to:•understand that every volcanic event is different and so produces a unique deposit•convert from units of...