1. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team MARS-rover

2. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team February 11 th 2014 the day we became Research scientists...and were asked to provide hints in order to study Martian geology

3. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team What are the probable causes of volcanic activity? What is the origin of Martian volcanoes? What is the origin of Martian volcanoes? Could it be an evidence of some present tectonic activities? the “research questions”

4. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team analysing sources interpreting data Communicating results

5. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team VoLCANo CLASSIFICAtION Shield type Cone type

6. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team cone v. Stromboli, Italy VoLCANo CLASSIFICAtION basalt andesite rhyolite shield v. Mauna Loa, Hawaii

7. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team evaLuating and interpreting results All Martian volcanoes are mid–plate located Similar SF similar composition SF = d/h

8. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team what does the volcano shape depend on? A hotter lava flows more quickly than a colder one Let us consider a property of a fluid related to its resistence in flowing… … and depending on fluid chemical composition and temperature.

9. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team VISCOSITy v(t)=v 0 +gt v(t)=v f (1-e -tβ/m )

10. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team ExPERIMENTs: fluids behaviour The high viscosity of chocolate is a model of a Peléan eruption. In our group we tested chocolate cream… … but it was almost still, so we warmed it up. As a class we tested the effects of Nature Temperature The slanted board angle

11. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team Peléan eruption After the eruption, a “spine” of solidified lava grew and then collapsed. Peléan eruption is named after the volcano Mount Pelée … …that destroyed the whole city of Saint-Pierre, Martinique, on May 8 th 1902

12. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team More research We simulated two different eruptions… …and the presence of crystals in lavas effusive (Hawaiian) eruption explosive (Peléan) eruption

13. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team … and we proved that The shape of each volcano depends on lava viscosity

14. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team Where are earth VoLCANoes located? At subduction zones At hot spotsAlong ocean ridges

15. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team The most famous hot spot on Earth …

16. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team What’s up on Mars?

17. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team Martian VoLCANoes Ancient super volcanoes More recent activity

18. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team MARs-ology

19. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team conclusions and SUGGEstions 1.Collecting rock samples from the surroundings of various volcanoes 2. Setting up a network of seismographs All Martian volcanoes belong to the shield type and are mid-plate located There is no more tectonic activity on Mars

20. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team CUrIOsity inquiry discovery Fun! A team effort

21. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team thanks to… Chain Reaction International Express Yourself Conference Sheffield, May 13 th 2014

22. Class II E SL A.Diaz Caserta(Italy) Mars-rover Stromboli Team The STROMBOLI team Bruno Angelino Rosa Castiello Martina Del Buono Anna Guerriero Filomena Pascariello Class II E Scientific Lyceum “A.Diaz” Caserta (Italy)