Donald Dingwell: Magma to Tephra: Ash in the Earth System
Experimental Volcanology | Academic Year 2018/2019
Experimental Volcanology | Academic Year 2018/2019
The investigation of volcanic activity at the surface of our Earth demands an inherently interdisciplinary scientific approach – from geophysics and fluid mechanics, to atmospheric chemistry, biochemistry, material and social science.
To provide a scientific synthesis of shallow volcanic systems, the research group of Prof. Dr. Donald Dingwell divides the shallow and surface volcanic system into three fundamental physical components:
In the above framework, the research Group tracks the complex reactions between magma and volatile gases over the full lifecycle of ash from source to sink – that is, from eruption in the lithosphere through to incorporation in our bio- and anthroposphere.
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Bologna
Environmental Physics
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris / Vulkanologisches Observatorium des Piton de la Fournaise, La Réunion
Volcanology
University of Turin
Experimental Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology