The interdisciplinary VENTS program includes the following methods:

·      Physical volcanology

·      Radiometric dating (SHRIMP, TIMS etc.)

·      Petrology and geochemistry, isotopes, mineral chemistry

·      Regional stratigraphy

·      GIS-modelling

·      Geophysics

·      AMS – anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility

The data set comprises of:

·      New own data

·      Historic archives (Mining, old Austrian or German archives)

·      Geophysical maps (gravimetry, magnetics)

·      DEM (including radar images)

·      Drillings: cores, logs and reports

·      Publications

·      Existing rock collections and thin sections