International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI)

At the First General Assembly of IUGG (Rome, 1922), the Section de Vulcanologie became one of the constituent sections of the Union. This name was changed into Association Internationale de Vulcanologie at the Fourth General Assembly (Stockholm, 1930). It took its present name at the Moscow General Assembly (1971).

The IAVCEI is the primary international focus for research in volcanology and for efforts to mitigate volcanic disasters. Scientists also participate in IAVCEI research in closely related disciplines, such as igneous geochemistry and petrology, geochronology, volcanogenic mineral deposits, and the physics of the generation and ascent of magmas in the upper mantle and crust. Work is carried out in the following special Commissions:

• Explosive Volcanism
• Ocean Island Magmatism
• Subduction Zone Magmatism
• Mitigation of Volcanic Disasters and Decade Volcanoes
• World Organisation of Volcano Observatories
• Chemistry of Volcanic Gases
• Volcanogenic Sediments
• Large Volume Basaltic Provinces
• Volcanism and the Earth's Atmosphere
• Remote Sensing
• Granites
• Volcanic Lakes
• IASPEI/IAVCEI Joint Commission on Volcano Seismology
• IASPEI/IAVCEI Inter Association Commission on Physical and Chemical Properties of Materials of the Earth's Interior

Contact Information

Joan MARTI, IAVCEI Secretary General Institute of Earth Sciences "Jaume Alomera" CSIC Liuis Sole Sabaris s/n 08028 Barcelona SPAIN

IAVCEI web site:  www.iavcei.org