1 Catchline International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. X, No. X, Month 2006, xxx–xxx Running heads (verso) M. Kervyn et al. (recto) Thermal remote sensing of Oldoinyo Lengai Thermal remote sensing of the low-intensity carbonatite volcanism of Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania M. KERVYN†*, A.J.L. HARRIS‡, F. BELTON§, E. MBEDE#, P. JACOBS†, G.G.J. ERNST† † Mercator & Ortelius Research Centre for Eruption Dynamics, Joseph Plateau Geological Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Geological Institute, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S8, B- 9000 Gent, Belgium. ‡ HIGP/SOEST, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96822, USA. § Developmental Studies Department, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA. # Department of Geology, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. *Corresponding author. Email: Matthieu.KervynDeMeerendre@UGent.be