VOLFLANK

Dating flank collapses on volcanic ocean islands

Coordinatore	VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG    more  Organization address address: De Boelelaan 1105 city: AMSTERDAM postcode: 1081 HV contact info Nome: Hetty Cognome: De Wilde Email: send email Telefono: +31 20 5987250 Fax: +31 20 5989950
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Netherlands [NL]
Totale costo	45˙000 €
EC contributo	45˙000 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-ERG-2008
Funding Scheme	MC-ERG
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-03-25   -   2012-03-24

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG  Organization address address: De Boelelaan 1105 city: AMSTERDAM postcode: 1081 HV contact info Nome: Hetty Cognome: De Wilde Email: send email Telefono: +31 20 5987250 Fax: +31 20 5989950	NL (AMSTERDAM)	coordinator	0.00
2	STICHTING VU-VUMC  Organization address address: DE BOELELAAN 1105 city: AMSTERDAM postcode: 1081 HV contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Yvonne Cognome: Kops Email: send email Telefono: +31 20 5987304	NL (AMSTERDAM)	participant	45˙000.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The growth and formation of young (Quaternary) ocean islands volcanoes is often governed by episodic build up (volcanic eruptions) and destruction (landslides or collapsing of part of the volcano flank). The mega-tsunamis that can be triggered by flank collapses could result in ocean-wide destruction, and constraining the age and frequency at which flank collapses occur is therefore of fundamental importance. The processes leading up to, and actual flank collapse itself, are poorly understood with internal (changes in magma chamber systematics, shift in stress field, gravitational instability, etc) and external (changes in climate, sea-level, groundwater table, etc) processes proposed. The lack of understanding follows directly from the absence of absolute age constraints. Conventional dating methods (e.g., radiocarbon and 40Ar/39Ar) are often insufficient as rocks lack suitable material (charcoals) or are too young to be dated precisely. We propose two alternative dating methods, namely cosmogenic 3He exposure dating on olivines and pyroxenes as well as (U-Th)/He dating on apatite, zircon and titanite. The unparalleled time scales at which these combined methods can be applied will shed important new insights in the Quaternary growth history and destruction of ocean island volcanoes.'