Morgan Salisbury
GEO 565: Geographic Information Systems and Science
Annotated Bibliography

My interest is in determining volcanic eruption rates and volumes, and tracking compositional changes of volcanic products through time. I am interested in utilizing a GIS to facilitate mapping of the distributions and geochemical characteristics of large volume, silicic volcanism in the Bolivian high Andes (Google Earth image to the right). In general, there is a lack of peer-reviewed publications that fully utilize GIS science to achieve volcanological objectives. Most of the GIS/volcano papers that are available are concerned with the integration of volcanic probability maps with social data to facilitate risk management and create hazard maps. I am more interested in using GIS to aid in calculating areas and volumes of ancient deposits and illustrating geochemical variations over geologic timescales. The following is an annotated bibliography of the most relevant papers I could find that will aid in the pursuit of my goal. Because illustrations an integral part of geography and geology, I have provided a number of figures from each paper to better illustrate the author’s intent. Because of the use of images, I found it easier to have each annotation as a separate page.

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Barraud, 2006
Behncke et al., 2006
Bernadin et al., 2006
Bukumirovic et al., 1995
Burt et al., 2001
Cimarelli and De Rita, 2006
Hubbard et al., 2007
Lees, 2000
Ownby et al., 2007
Assorted references

My field area: The Google Earth image shows the approximate extent of the Altiplano Puna volcanic complex (APVC). The image spans approximately 200 km from east to west (north is up). The region straddles the border area of Chile (west), Bolivia, (north), and Argentina (east). Nearly the entire area is blanketed by explosive and effusive volcanic products erupted during the last 10 million years. I plan to map the distribution of volcanic products and track compositional changes and vent locations over time.