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Map of sites where we are currently investigating igneous processes or geodynamo behavior. Click image for large map.	Igneous Petrology, Volcanology, Geochronology, Aleutian Islands: Tanaga Island, Western Aleutian Islands. July 2007.	Koniuji Island, Dacitic dome complex, Central Aleutian Islands, July 2007.
Brian Jicha after a foggy afternoon sampling Koniuji.	Heading for our ride, the USFWS Tiglax.	The Wilcox Volcano, Seguam Island. It grew between 90 and 30 ka and collapsed when a dacitic ignimbrite-forming eruption took place about 8,000 years ago.
Chilean Andes: Southern Volcanic Zone: Graduate field trip to Puyehue, January 2003. (link to slide show)	Brian Jicha, sampling traverse north of Puyehue.	Helicopter-supported field work on rim of Volcán Puyehu, March 21, 2005.
Mt. Tronador, a dormant volcano, on horizon.	Chilean Andes: Central Volcanic Zone: Parinacota and Pomerape Volcanoes, Lago Chungara National Park, Chilean Andes. November 2004.	Sampling the south flank of Parinacota.
Graduate Field Trip to Atacama region, Lascar Volcano, January 2003.	NE flank of 3772 masl Volcan de Santa Maria, March, 2005.
top of page Field Areas, present and past: list Igneous Petrology/Volcanology/Geochronology Aleutian Islands Chilean Andes (link to slide show) Guatemala: Central Volcanic Arc Bolivian Andes Canary Islands (link to field trip page) China: Changbaishan Volcano Hawaii: Mauna Loa submarine flank Bulgaria: Rhodope Mountains Paleomagnetism and Geodynamo Behavior West Eifel Volcanic Field, Germany Cape Verde Islands Massif Central, France Liverpool Volcano, Queensland, Australia Akaroa Volcano, New Zealand Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand Canary Islands (link to field trip page) Patagonia: Argentina Iceland: Tjornes and Rejkavik Peninsulas Hawaiian Islands: Maui, Oahu, Albuquerque Volcanoes, New Mexico Chronostratigraphy Green River Formation: Wyoming, Utah, Colorado Western Interior Cretaceous basins: Colorado, Utah, Rocky Mtns. Eocene Laguna del Hunco, Patagonia, Argentina Chronology of Glaciation Southern Andes: Patagonian Ice Cap Bolivian Andes Canary Islands (link to field trip page) China: Changbaishan Volcano Hawaii: Mauna Loa submarine flank Bulgaria: Rhodope Mountains top of page