Open to undergraduate students
Tenerife and La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain)
Undergraduate programme November 25 – December 2 2023
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Extension programme: Masters Project November 25 – December 20 2023
Undergraduate student programme November 25 – December 2 2023: In this week-long course you will be introduced to the volcanic systems on both Tenerife and La Palma. We will spend time on both islands, with a ferry transfer half way through the course.
We will visit historic and prehistoric eruptions on the islands to observe the huge diversity of eruptions that have led to the construction of these unique ocean islands. Throughout the week you will learn how to make systematic, quantified, observations of volcanic deposits, infer eruption dynamics and draw conclusions about eruptive style where eruptions were not witnessed.
You will then have the opportunity to compare these inferences with historic, witnessed eruptions, including the 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption in La Palma, and think about how we can adapt to and mitigate the impact of future volcanic eruptions.
At the end of the week you will have the opportunity to synthesise your work and present your work in a range of styles to the group.
We will also share our experiences of working with and observing the 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption.
This course is led by Dr Katy Chamberlain, a lecturer in geoscience at Liverpool University, UK.
She is a volcanologist and petrologist that studies how crystals can tell us about the pre- and syn-eruptive magmatic processes that lead to eruptions of magmas. By combining detailed study of the composition and textures of crystals erupted in volcanic events with detailed observations of the deposits we can couple eruptive changes with subsurface magma system dynamics.
She was PI of a NERC-funded urgency grant working on the petrology of the 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption on La Palma, where they are investigating how the magmas erupted and evolved throughout the 3-month long eruption.
The programme includes a short course in Science Communication, with Andy Ridgway of the University of the West of England and Hannah Little, of the University of Liverpool.
The cost of this week-long course is £850, which includes half board accommodation liability insurance (GeoTenerife is a member of ABTA, the UK Travel Association), teaching, field and technical visits, transfers to/from the airport, daily transport, food and ferry transfer between Tenerife and la Palma. We can liaise with your home university for credits for participation on this programme.
Please note this does NOT include your flight to/from Tenerife which is your responsibility to pay for and book.
Please note the accommodation is provided for the specific days of the course, and we ask you to arrive by 13:00 on day one and leave after 17:00 on the final day. If this is not possible, you can book an extra night’s accommodation at our field trip centre at an additional cost of £40.
To apply please send a covering letter and CV to enquiries@geotenerife.com.
GeoTenerife will offer ONE scholarship for VolcanoCamp, which will cover the cost of the programme in full (which includes all food, accommodation and transfers but NOT flights to/from Tenerife). To apply for a scholarship we will require a cover letter from you explaining your interest in the programme, what you hope to gain from it and how you will benefit from it. We are specifically looking for a candidate who would directly benefit from participation in their academic or professional progression.
Extension programme: Masters Project November 25 – December 20 2023:
Applications are invited from Masters students affiliated to a home university to work with us and IGN, the Spanish Geographic Institute, on our new research project on volcanic risk and associated topics in Tenerife for their Masters Project. They will take part in the first portion of VolcanoCamp before spending the rest of the month researching and working closely with the team at IGN, with the aim of completing their Masters research project with co-supervision with their home university for full publication on successful completion.
Masters students looking for a research project for publication are also invited to apply to the programme in order to to work in collaboration with the Oceanographic Institute on the same basis during the same time period on a range of research projects – please contact enquiries@geotenerife.com. for full details.
GeoTenerife will offer ONE scholarship for the VolcanoCamp Extension programme, which will cover the cost of the programme in full (which includes all food, accommodation and transfers but NOT flights to/from Tenerife). Priority for scholarship will be for a local Canarian student who meets the criteria, but applications are invited from international students.
The cost of the Masters Project extension programme is £1,950 which includes accommodation, teaching, field and technical visits, transfers to/from the airport, liability insurance, daily transport, half board catering Monday-Friday.
Please note this does NOT include your flight to/from Tenerife which is your responsibility to pay for and book or weekend catering.
To apply please send a covering letter and CV to enquiries@geotenerife.com.