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SUMMARY:Volcanic eruptions: causes and consequences - Prof David Pyle
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 n!\n\nThe eruptions of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull  stopped the
  European air traffic for almost a week last April. \nDavid's research is 
 focused on understanding the factors that influence when and how volcanoes
  erupt. These include investigating the past histories of volcanic activit
 y in particular regions (for example\, examining what happened to volcanoe
 s in Southern Chile when the glaciers retreated at the end of the last Ice
  Age)\, and also working on the continuing behaviour of active systems (fo
 r example\, studying an ongoing episode of faulting and eruption in the Af
 ar region of Ethiopia). \n\nDavid Pyle read Natural Sciences at Cambridge\
 , specialising in Earth Sciences\, and completing a PhD in volcanology. Af
 ter a year at the California Institute of Technology\, he returned to Camb
 ridge as a lecturer\, where he stayed until in 2006 he took his post as Le
 cturer in Igneous Processes in the Department of Earth Sciences and Tutori
 al Fellow in Oxford.\n
LOCATION:The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com
  for directions)
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