Background Information part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Kilauea Iki Lava Lake
To put this exercise into context, here are three web-based resources which summarize background information on Kilauea Volcano and the events surrounding the 1959 summit crater eruption at Kilauea Iki. Kilauea. ...

Step-By-Step Instructions part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Kilauea Iki Lava Lake
The instructions for this exercise have 3 main parts. Click each part name to see the steps in that part. For this exercise, it is assumed that you already know how to create graphs in Excel. The instructions for ...

Investigate the Compositional Stratification Within the Lava Lake part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Kilauea Iki Lava Lake
What's down there? In this section, you will answer a series of questions related to the drill core data from the Kilauea Iki lava lake, found on the Composite section worksheet. Most of the questions will ...

Part 2 - Investigate the 1959 Eruption part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Kilauea Iki Lava Lake
What was erupted? In this section, you will answer a series of questions about the petrology of the basalts which were sampled during the 1959 eruption of Kilauea Iki. In order to answer the questions, you will ...

Part 1 - Download and Examine the Data part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Kilauea Iki Lava Lake
We've done most of the work for you! The Excel file listed below contains major-element analyses of erupted lavas, drill cores, volcanic glasses, and phenocrysts. Most of the data was obtained from the GEOROC ...

Part 1 - Download the data part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Central America Volcanoes
Download the data (Excel 2.1MB Jan22 25) which was obtained from Michael Carr's websiteat Rutgers University. Dr. Carr is a petrologist who has studied Central American volcanoes for many years. Open the file ...

Part 4 - Wrap up part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Central America Volcanoes
Hang on! You are almost done with this exercise... Making all those plots should have given you a better understanding for the geophysical and geochemical variations along the Central American volcanic arc. ...

Part 4 - Wrap-up part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts
Congratulations! You have learned some pretty important things about the global geochemical of mid-ocean ridge basalts, and what their geochemical variation may be telling us about physical conditions within the ...

Part 2 - Download the Crater Lake Data part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Compositional Diversity in Volcanic Suites
In any step, click the 'Show me' link to reveal extra information. A sequence of 'Show me's' indicates a series of steps. If you prefer a printout of the full set of instructions for this ...

Sr Isotopic Compositions of Mafic Volcanic Rocks, Western United States part of Integrating Research and Education:EarthChem:Mafic Rocks
Kent Ratajesk Published June 30, 2006. Description In this exercise, students use whole-rock Sr isotopic compositions of volcanic rocks in the western United States to explore variability in mantle sources. The ...