Chapman Conference on
Explosive Subaqueous Volcanism
Dunedin, New Zealand

January 21-25, 2002

Conveners
Program Committee
Conference Objective
Preliminary Topics
Format
Meeting Abstracts by Author
Travel Support
Registration Use Online Form
Meeting Location, Facility and Housing
Further Information

Conveners

•  James D. L. White, james.white@stonebow.otago.ac.nz, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
• Bruce F. Houghton, bhought@soest.hawaii.edu, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii

Program Committee

• Ray Cas, Monash University, Australia
• Kathy Cashman, University of Oregon, Portland, Oregon
• David Clague, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA
• Kazuhiko Kano, Geological Survey of Japan, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
• Wulf Mueller, University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Canada
• Ian Skilling, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
• Ken Wohletz, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

Conference Objective

The conference will bring together volcanologists, geophysicists and marine geoscientists with interests in the processes and significance of explosive subaqueous eruptions in seafloor settings, and in the formation of clastic volcanogenic successions on the modern seafloor and in ancient successions, and in the processes and significance of explosive subaqueous eruptions in seafloor settings. The conference will foster better communication among these groups of scientists, and provide an opportunity for recent research results to be presented in a forum in which there is scope to develop new perspectives and directions for future collaborative research by interested scientists from a range of backgrounds.

Topics

• Magmatic Processes: Physical Models and Limiting Observations
• Phreatomagmatic Processes: Physical Models and Limiting Observations
• Shoaling and Subglacial Eruptions and Deposits
• Basaltic Shallow Subaqueous Eruptions and Deposition
• Basaltic Modern Deep Seafloor Deposits
• Young Pyroclastic Deposits of Evolved Magmas
• Deposits and Processes of Ancient Subaqueous Eruptions

The conveners are currently planning for four and a half days of presentations with a mid-meeting field trip devoted to examining seacliff exposures of early Cenozoic subaqueous surtseyan deposits. There will be morning, afternoon, and evening sessions. Posters will be put up at the beginning of the conference and remain available for viewing and discussion throughout the conference.

Travel Funds: Application Deadline was October 1, 2001

To apply for travel funds, please print and complete the Chapman Conference Travel Grant Application, and return it to the AGU Meetings Department by October 1, 2001.

The registration fee for this conference is US$225, student fee is US$100. The deadline is 19 December 2001. Use the online form to register for this meeting.

St Margaret’s College at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Accommodation is available at St. Margaret's College where the meeting is being held. This is dorm-style accommodation, ~$US 23/night for bed and 3 meals. To make arrangements, contact them directly via Nadine Fraser (nadine.fraser@smc.ac.nz), the person who handles St. Margaret's conference business. Phone: +64-3-479-5543; fax: +64-3-479-5541.

Further Information

Additional information and program content as topics are developed will be available at www.agu.org/meetings/chapman.html. To be placed on a mailing list, send an e-mail to meetinginfo@agu.org

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