Cenozoic Volcanic History of the Western United States part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:NAVDAT animations
Kent Ratajeski Published June 30, 2006 Description In this activity, students view a Quicktime video animation based on data from the North American Volcanic and Intrusive Rock Database (NAVDAT) to learn about the ...

Volcanic Landforms and Magma Composition part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Volcanoes
Kent Ratajeski Published July 12, 2006. Description Magma composition is an important control on the geomorphology of lava flows and volcanoes. In this exercise, students investigate this relationship by studying ...

Case Study: Crystallization-Differentiation of the Kilauea Iki Lava Lake part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Kilauea Iki Lava Lake
On the morning of November 14, 1959, one of the most spectacular modern eruptions of basaltic magma occured in the Kilauea Iki pit crater on Kilauea, the newest and most active shield volcano on the 'big ...

Part 3 - Interpret the data part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts
Question 5. Do MORB's display global geochemical variations beyond what should be expected from fractionation? What are the magnitude of those variations? Are they in excess of the analytical uncertainties ...

Introduction part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts
Exploring and sampling the world's mid-ocean ridges Since the mid-20th century, our knowledge of undersea volcanic activity has expanded considerably as portions of the Earth's seafloor have been ...

Part 1 - Download the data part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts
Lucky for you, a precompiled dataset of glasses from mid-ocean ridge basalts has already been assembled which you can download here: Global MORB glasses.xlsx (Excel 2007 (.xlsx) 90kB Sep10 19). This data has been ...

Part 2 - Analyze the data part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts
Open the file you have just downloaded in Excel. Notice the huge amount of data! This is only a subset of the MORB samples available on PetDB. Those marine geologists have definitely been busy! Now you'll ...

Teaching Notes part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Igneous Rocks and Tectonics
Context Audience: undergraduate- or graduate-level petrology course. Skills and concepts that students must have mastered: Basic knowledge of plate tectonic settings and processes of igneous differentiation is ...

Part 3- Graph the data part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Igneous Rocks and Tectonics
With your group only, compare the three localities of the same tectonic setting: Plot three variation diagrams including all the data from the three localities: (1) SiO2 (x-axis) vs. MgO (y-axis), (2) SiO2 vs. ...

Step-By-Step Instructions part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Igneous Rocks and Tectonics
The instructions for this exercise have 5 main parts. Click each part name to see the steps in that part. The instructions for this activity and the accompanying screenshots were developed using a Macintosh ...