Unrest at Santorini Caldera (2011-2012) Santorini, Greece, 27 - 28 March 2012 Organised by T. Druitt (Clermont-Ferrand, France), L. Francalanci (U. Florence, Italy) and G. Vougioukalakis (IGME, Greece).  Contact: Tim Druitt (T.Druitt@opgc.univ-bpclermont.fr) In March 2012, MeMoVolc co-organised a workshop at short notice on the ongoing unrest at Santorini caldera in Greece.  The meeting took place over two days (27 and 28 March), and was attended by 42 scientists from five different countries (Greece, France, Italy, Iceland and the UK). Eleven of the participants came from instituti...

MemoVolc launch meeting Clermont-Ferrand, France, 17-18 January 2012 Organised by T. Druitt (Clermont-Ferrand, France).  Contact: Tim Druitt (T.Druitt@opgc.univ-bpclermont.fr) The launch meeting of MeMoVolc was held on the 17-18 January in Clermont-Ferrand. It brought together 31 participants from 9 countries of the network. The principal aims were: (1) to activate the network; (2) to identify key scientific problems, strategies, and deliverables of the network; (3) to prepare for the first open call for 2012 activities. Key scientific problems in the field of volcano eruption dynam...

European Geosciences Union, 2011 The forthcoming MeMoVolc network was announced to the volcanological community at a session at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 03-08 April, 2011 in Vienna.  Session GMPV12/NH2.4: Measuring and modelling of volcano eruption dynamics Convener: Tim Druitt;  co-conveners: Augusto Neri, Ulrich Kueppers, Fred Witham Session description. This session concerns the measuring and modelling of eruption dynamics, volcanic products and magmatic volatiles. The dynamics of shallow magma storage/ascent, volcanic plumes and pyroclastic density currents rem...