University of South Florida Scholar Commons Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 3-31-2009 Tephra Transport, Sedimentation and Hazards Alain C. M Volentik University of South Florida Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd Part of the American Studies Commons Scholar Commons Citation Volentik, Alain C. M, "Tephra Transport, Sedimentation and Hazards" (2009). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/71 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Tephra Transport, Sedimentation and Hazards by Alain C. M. Volentik A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Geology College of Arts and Sciences University of South Florida Co-Major Professor: Charles B. Connor, Ph.D. Co-Major Professor: Costanza Bonadonna, Ph.D. Diana C. Roman, Ph.D. Jeffrey G. Ryan, Ph.D. Paul H. Wetmore, Ph.D. Date of Approval: March 31, 2009 Keywords: Tephra fall, Plinian eruptions, sedimentation models, inversion techniques, terminal velocity, Pululagua, volcanic hazards, probabilistic models, critical facilities, Bataan Peninsula Philippines c Copyright 2009, Alain C. M. Volentik DEDICATION To my wife Jasmine, my parents Christiane and Jacques, Dany and Elda & Micoul, my brothers, Kevin, Pierre-Antoine & Fr´ed´eric,and sister, Julie, and my invaluable friends, Remo, Loyc and Becs. In memory of St´ephanie ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank my co-advisors Dr.