"REMOTE SENSING OF VOLCANOES ON EARTH AND THE PLANETS"

CALL FOR PAPERS:

A special session to be held during the International Association 
of Volcanology and the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) General Assembly, 
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, January 19-24, 1997.

This special session aims to bring together the communities currently
working on the remote sensing analysis and modelling of volcanism on the 
Earth and other planets to share ideas and expertise.  The session is 
being organized jointly by the Commission on Large-Volume Basaltic 
Provinces and the Commission on Remote Sensing. 

Large-volume volcanic provinces have been found on the Moon, Venus, Mars,
Jupiter's moon Io and, possibly, on Mercury.  Comparisons between volcanism
on Earth and on these extra-terrestrial bodies have allowed volcanologists
to determine what is unique about terrestrial volcanism, and to analyse how
volcanic processes are affected by planetary variables (e.g. gravity, 
composition, atmospheric pressure).

The study of extra-terrestrial volcanism relies almost entirely on remotely
sensed data.  Terrestrial remote sensing data have been used to study such
phenomena as ground deformation, the dimensions and dispersal of eruption
plumes, amount of sulfur dioxide released, and the thermal anomalies
associated with lava flows and domes.  Through a comparison of these types
of data for the Earth and the planets, it is expected that a greater
understanding of volcanic processes will be derived.

The major themes for the session will be:

- Large-volume terrestrial and extra-terrestrial volcanism:
  theoretical predictions and comparative studies.
- Recent results from planetary missions - what can they tell us
  about volcanism?
- Planetary data: availability, usage, and limitations.
- Current and future planetary missions: what can we expect to
  learn about extra-terrestrial volcanism in the next few years?
- Topographic and deformation mapping of volcanoes
- Atmospheric volcanic emissions on Earth and the planets
- Thermal measurements of active flows on Earth and Io
- Volcanic hazard monitoring
- Geologic mapping using multispectral and hyperspectral images
- Observations of submarine volcanism using satellite altimetry

Abstract deadline is September 1st, 1996. There are plans to publish a 
selection of papers submitted to this session as a special issue 
of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, subject to the 
approval of the Editors-in Chief of JVGR.

Guidelines for submitting abstracts are contained in the second circular 
of the IAVCEI 97 General Assembly, which is available at:

http://charro.igeofcu.unam.mx/iavcei97/iavcei97.html

Chief Organizers:

Rosaly Lopes-Gautier
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mail Stop 183-601, 4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
rlopes@jpluvs.jpl.nasa.gov
phone: (818) 393-0996 / 393-4584
fax: (818) 393-4530

Peter Mouginis-Mark
Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
pmm@kahana.pgd.hawaii.edu
phone: (808) 956-3147
fax: (808) 956-6322.

Adriana Ocampo
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mail Stop 183-601, 4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
aocampo@jpluvs.jpl.nasa.gov
phone: (818) 393-1080
fax: (818) 393-4530

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