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ERC SYNERGY grant
Alteration induced volcanic hazards 🌋
Mike Heap @rocklabstrasbourg.bsky.social, Claire Harnett @claireharnett.bsky.social, Val Troll, Thomas Walter @trwalter.bsky.social
Website: http://rottnrock.eu

ROTTnROCK postdocs Matías and Ariane exploring how hydrothermal alteration shapes volcanic hazards in Dominica 🇩🇲 🌋
@arianeloisel.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The ROTTnROCK team mapping hydrothermal alteration at Sulphur Springs in Dominica using a lidar drone! 🌋
@trwalter.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The ROTTnROCK team investigate Boiling Lake in Dominica! 🇩🇲 🌋
@trwalter.bsky.social
@magmatroll.bsky.social
@arianeloisel.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Some of the ROTTnROCK team are currently in Dominica 🇩🇲 🌋 looking at, well, hydrothermal alteration of course!
@magmatroll.bsky.social
@trwalter.bsky.social
@arianeloisel.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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New paper out in Solid Earth, led by Sam Thiele: "Hyperspectral mapping of density, porosity, stiffness, and strength in hydrothermally altered volcanic rocks" 🥳
@rottnrock.bsky.social

It's #OpenAccess! 👇
se.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
Hyperspectral mapping of density, porosity, stiffness, and strength in hydrothermally altered volcanic rocks
Abstract. Heterogeneous structures and diverse volcanic, hydrothermal, and geomorphological processes hinder characterisation of the mechanical properties of volcanic rock masses. Laboratory experimen...
se.copernicus.org
November 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Nice couple of days at Teide volcano summit 🌋 to understand hydrothermal alteration and associated risks with @magmatroll.bsky.social (Uppsala Univ) and @rottnrock.bsky.social ERC synergy grant

cc @ipna.csic.es @csic.es
October 24, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Samples of hyaloclastite from Krafla in Iceland 🇮🇸 🌋 These samples are from different depths within the shallow reservoir, and they’re now ready for some physical and mechanical probing in the laboratory!
October 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Come join us!
I'm hiring a new post-doc to work on the @rottnrock.bsky.social project! Come help us understand hydrothermal alteration and volcanic hazards!
Advert here:
www.unistra.fr/universite/t...
📸 Recent ROTTnROCK trip to Mombacho, Nicaragua 🌋
September 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Part of our international team of volcanologists working with @rottnrock.bsky.social! From England, Indonesia, and Chile! 🇬🇧 🇮🇩 🇨🇱
Interesting fact: we all like cats! 🐈
September 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Early morning start for our @rottnrock.bsky.social trip to Anak Krakatau from Anyer 🌋 Our luxury speed boats await! 🛥️ 1/9
September 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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At Galunggung in Indonesia 🇮🇩 🌋 the @rottnrock.bsky.social team were investigating the impressive recent collapse within the crater - we found plenty of altered rocks in the blocky deposit!
September 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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The @rottnrock.bsky.social team were at Galunggung today, a volcano famous after a British Airways flight accidentally flew through the huge eruption plume of the 1982 eruption! We’ll go back tomorrow to investigate, collect rocks, and drone the volcano 🌋
September 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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A two part feature!
Lectures and scientific discussions today at the Fakultas Teknik Geologi at Universitas Padjadjaran and the Politeknik Geologi & Pertambangan AGP! 🌋
@magmatroll.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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The @rottnrock.bsky.social team are in Indonesia! 🇮🇩 🌋 we’re here, obviously, to look at the altered volcanoes! 👀 first stop, Tangkuban Perahu in Bandung!
September 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Plenty of altered lapilli tuffs on Cracked Mountain! 🌋🇨🇦
🌋🧵 Cracked Mountain is a basaltic subglacial volcano (i.e. tuya) situated in southwest British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦 1/12
August 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
July 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Altered lapilli tuffs! 😍
Volcano thread! 🌋🧵
On the Drake Passage, between the tip of South America and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, there is a small island. The island is the caldera of an active volcano, eerily called Deception Island on account of its "outward deceptive appearance as a normal island" 🌋 1/6
July 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Keen to know about hydrothermal sealing and phreatic explosions! Check out our pre-print, led by Sophie Pearson-Grant! 🌋👇

Lots of cool insight from Sophie’s 3D models!

www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
July 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Collection of great talks about phreatic explosions and hydrothermal sealing! 🌋 John Stix, Maarten de Moor, Emily Mick, Geoff Kilgour, Jessica Salas Navarro…
July 6, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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If you’re interested in hydrothermal sealing and explosions, check out my #IAVCEI25 @iavcei.bsky.social poster today! Number 29! 🌋
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Bubbling mud pools at Hverir/Námafjall in Iceland 🇮🇸
Blubb blubb
June 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Cristobalite and diktytaxitic textures are common in lavas. Do they influence rock properties? We try to answer this question by measuring rocks from submarine volcano Havre 🌋
With @smitchellscience.bsky.social, Rebecca Carey, @alteringrocks.bsky.social

It's open access 👇
doi.org/10.1016/j.jv...
June 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
ROTTnROCK PI @claireharnett.bsky.social wins the @iavcei.bsky.social George Walker Award! 🥇 Congratulations! 🥳
IAVCEI Awards 2025 – George Walker Award

We are delighted to award the George Walker Award for 2025 to Dr. Claire Harnett @claireharnett.bsky.social . Dr. Harnett is recognized for her innovative research and significant contributions to the understanding of volcanic hazards and processes.
June 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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🚂🌱 On the train journey back from Sweden 🇸🇪 to Strasbourg 🇫🇷 after a fantastisk ROTTnROCK annual general assembly, filled with inspiring talks 🌋.
Huge thanks to the Uppsala team (@magmatroll.bsky.social) for the top-notch organisation 💯
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@rocklabstrasbourg.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
@arianeloisel.bsky.social and Ben De Jarnatt present the recent Mombacho 🌋🇳🇮 to the rest of the ROTTnROCK team! It was a great trip and we’re all very excited about the data!
May 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM