Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology

Liquid Nitrogen eruption (courtesy of Oregon State University CEOAS)
Drilling a high altitude lake (courtesy of Catherine Chauvel)
Columnar jointed basalt at the Giant's Causeway, Ireland (courtesy of Kathy Cashman)
Amphibole breakdown (courtesy of Julia Hammer)
Thermal spring at Mount St. Helens (courtesy of USGS)
Tungurahua volcano
Cross section through a breadcrust bomb from Guagua Pichincha volcano (courtesy of Heather Wright)

Volcanology, Geochemistry & Petrology

Welcome to the home page for the Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology section of the American Geophysical Union. Look around to find out more about VGP and its activities.

Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Section Awards Announced

Posted 07/31/19

Congratulations to the 2019 awardees Hisashi Kuno Award Marion Garçon, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–Laboratoire […]

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Loss of a giant in igneous petrology and volcanology

Posted 04/15/19

Emeritus Professor Alexander R. McBirney (Mac) passed away on Sunday April 7, 2019 following a […]

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AGU Panel Discussion on Implicit Bias in Earth and Space Sciences

Posted 10/22/18

I would like to draw your attention to an AGU Union session on implicit bias […]

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2018 AGU Fall meeting VGP sessions

Posted 07/29/18

Hello VGPers, Here is a full list of Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology sessions for the […]

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Michael Manga elected a member of the National Academy of Science

Posted 05/02/18

The National Academy of Sciences has announced the election of 84 new members and 21 […]

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Volcanology, Geochemistry & Petrology

News and Announcements

Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Section Awards Announced

Loss of a giant in igneous petrology and volcanology

AGU Panel Discussion on Implicit Bias in Earth and Space Sciences

2018 AGU Fall meeting VGP sessions

Michael Manga elected a member of the National Academy of Science

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