Course Materials for GE151:

The Ecuadoran volcano Cotopaxi is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world, standing some 19,347 feet (5897 m) above sea level at the summit.
Introduction to Volcanoes & Volcanology

These presentations (in Microsoft PowerPoint) are made available solely for the use of students in GE151: Introduction to Volcanoes & Volcanology, at Colby College. The PowerPoint files are the actual presentations made in class, sometimes augmented slightly to enhance the materials. However, nothing of substance will be added to materials once they have been presented in class without notifying the entire class that such a change has been made.
Copies of all in-class handouts are accessible as pdf files.
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The background image on this view is of a pahoehoe lava flow onto the beach on the NE base of Fernandina Island, in the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador.

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Click HERE to see old GE141 exams, for style and format.

First lecture - 7 January, 2013 (Introductions; Plate Tectonics) Second lecture - 8 January, 2013 (Plate Tectonics, concl.; Preparing PowerPoint Talks)
Third lecture - 9 January, 2013 (Chemistry of the Earth; Minerals and Rocks) Fourth lecture - 10 January, 2013 (Eruptive styles: flood basalts and shield volcanoes)
Fifth lecture - 14 January, 2013 (Eruptive styles: Stratovolcanoes and larger phenomena)
Sixth lecture - 15 January, 2013 (Subaqueous and Subglacial Eruptions)
Seventh lecture - 16 January, 2013 (Explosive Eruptions, Part I)
On 17 January, 2013, we had an hour "mid-term" exam. Eighth lecture - 21 January, 2013 (Explosive Eruptions, Part II)
Ninth lecture - 22 January, 2013 (Volcanic Ash and Lahars)
Tenth lecture - 23 January, 2013 (Volcanic Gases; Positive Contributions of Volcanoes I)
Eleventh lecture - 24 January, 2013 (Positive Contributions of Volcanoes II; Living with Volcanoes)


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