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Les dépôts d’avalanche de débris au large des îles volcaniques témoignent de glissements de flancs récurrents. Comprendre l’origine des déstabilisations de flanc des volcans est un enjeu majeur, puisque les tsunamis et séismes qu’elles engendrent sont responsables de 24 % des

De l’eau est continuellement injectée dans le manteau aux zones de subduction par l’intermédiaire de minéraux hydratés. Le flux d’hydrogène qui parvient effectivement dans le manteau profond n’est pas contraint très précisément, mais il pourrait correspondre au volume total des

Elizabeth Cottrell is a curator and research geologist at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (Washington DC). Her research in geology focuses on the long-term evolution of the planet’s deep interior from Earth’s formation 4.56 billion years ago

Following a comprehensive evaluation of ClerVolc by the French National Research Agency (ANR) at the end of 2018, funding for Laboratory of Excellence ClerVolc has been approved for a further five years. Thanks to all participants of ClerVolc for having

Low efficiency of large volcanic eruptions in transporting very fine ash into the atmosphere Scientific Reports 9, Article number: 1449 (2019) Mathieu Gouhier, Julia Eychenne, Nourddine Azzaoui, Arnaud Guillin, Mathieu Deslandes, Matthieu Poret, Antonio Costa & Philippe Husson Volcanic ash

Deep and persistent melt layer in the Archaean mantle Denis Andrault, Giacomo Pesce, Geeth Manthilake, Julien Monteux, Nathalie Bolfan-Casanova, Julien Chantel, Davide Novella, Nicolas Guignot, Andrew King, Jean-Paul Itié & Louis Hennet Nature Geoscience 11, 139–143 (2018) The transition from

Prof. Tim Druitt, scientific director of ClerVolc, has been awarded the Norman L. Bowen Award and Lecture for 2018 from the Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology section of the American Geophysical Union. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to volcanology, geochemistry or

ClerVolc scientists have published two papers from a unique collaboration between psychologists and volcanologists:   Reducing uncertainty to promote appropriate decisions when facing hazardous phenomena at an active volcano. Merlhiot G., Mermillod M., Le Pennec J.L., Hidalgo S., Mondillon L.

An algorithm for the detection and characterisation of volcanic plumes using thermal camera imagery. Bombrun M., Jessop D., Harris A., Barra V. (2018).  Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research vol.352, p.26-37, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2018.01.006. Volcanic plumes are turbulent mixtures of particles and

The Festival ‘Les Nuées Ardentes’ 2019 will take place on 7 to 10 June at the Maison de Site du Panoramique des Dômes at Orcines (Put de Dôme). For full details see the site Les Nuées Ardentes.