Sentences with phrase «for volcanologists»
Instruments to measure activity at Mount Agung were installed only after the last big eruption in 1963, making it difficult for volcanologists to compare historical data and predict the intensity of future eruptions.
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«Io is a paradise for volcanologists,» said Rosaly Lopes of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, «but it's hell for cartographers, because the minute you make a map, it's obsolete.»
Similar opportunities for volcanologists exist outside of academia.
Not exact matches
«This pioneering work opens up new perspectives for interdisciplinary studies about the coupling between the solid Earth and the fluid Earth, and — for example — involving volcanologists, geomorphologists and climatologists,» concludes Sternai.
These legitimate seismologists, volcanologists, physicists and engineers are being threatened with charges of manslaughter for failing to definitively predict an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 in the city of L'Aquila on April 6, 2009, which took more than 300 lives and injured an additional 1,600 area residents.
«In contrast to events like hurricanes or earthquakes, volcanic unrest can last for long periods of time, and that's one reason people stop paying attention to the hazards that are looming,» said volcanologist Greg Valentine, PhD, a University at Buffalo professor of geology and director of the Center for GeoHazards Studies in the UB College of Arts and Sciences.
Liverpool volcanologist, Dr Janine Kavanagh, who heads up the University's specialist MAGMA laboratory, said «For the first time, using innovative laboratory experiments that combined our knowledge of volcanic plumbing systems with engineering expertise, we have managed to see how magma flows through Earth's crust to the surface through dykes.
The two chambers appear to be connected, which could help explain the sequence of events in the 1980 eruption and guide volcanologists monitoring the mountain for signs of renewed activity.
When magma erupted from a crack in the ocean floor off El Hierro, the youngest, westernmost island, local volcanologist Vicente Soler headed out to sea, looking for answers.
«We have some of the best geophysical surface features in the world,» notes Brad Scott, who has worked in the TVZ since 1974 as a volcanologist for GNS Science, a geoscience research service.
Part of the job for many volcanologists is to keep the public and public authorities informed about potential risks from nearby volcanoes.
Meanwhile, volcanologist Scott Bryan of Kingston University in London was gunning for a research expedition to the island before it disappeared.
«At Kima'Kho, we were able to map a passage zone in pyroclastic deposits left by the earliest explosive phase of eruption, allowing for more accurate forensic recovery of paleo - lake levels through time and better estimates of paleo - ice thicknesses,» says UBC volcanologist James K Russell, lead author on the paper published this week in Nature Communications.
«Many people may not realize that volcanoes are continuously releasing quite large amounts of gas, and may do so for decades or even centuries,» says volcanologist Simon Carn, an associate professor at Michigan Tech in Houghton, Michigan, and the lead author of the new study.
«The identification of these groups of victims is key for improving safety and reducing deaths and injuries in these groups, said lead author and volcanologist Sarah Brown of the University of Bristol's School of Earth Sciences, in a press release.
Indonesian government volcanologist Gede Suantika estimates Agung could spew ash for at least a month.
It's looking like an eruption is imminent... but how do volcanologists know for sure what's to come?
A reminder that the Bali volcanologists at the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (CVGHM), and emergency officials at Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) should be the sole sources of information about Agung, as they have all the information and expertise.
Dr. Janine Krippner, a volcanologist based in Pittsburgh, agreed, telling The West Australian that «the potential for an eruption is still high.»
Some volcanologists refer to extinct volcanoes as inactive, though the term is now more commonly used for dormant volcanoes once thought to be extinct.
As many of volcanologists and volcanophiles waited to see how this eruption that started over a month ago would progress, we all discussed the potential for local effects like volcanically - generated floods in Iceland or the effect of ash on crops and animals on the island nation.