Project

Testing the potential and limits of tephrostratigraphy: The June 2011 eruption of Puyehue-Cordon de Caulle volcano

Code
3E000202
Looptijd
01-10-2007 → 12-02-2012
Financiering
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Onderzoeksdisciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Other chemical sciences
    • Geochemistry
    • Geology
    • Other biological sciences
Trefwoorden
meersedimenten Argentinië Chili
 
Projectomschrijving

The goal of this project is to assess lateral variations in grainsize, magnetic susceptibility and glass geochemistry of the volcanic ashes emitted by the 2011 eruption of the Puyehue-Cordon de Caulle Volcanic Complex (Chile). We will analyze tephra samples collected in Chilean and Argentinean lakes in February 2012 to discuss variations at the local (Lago Puyehue) and continental scales.