What are the main tasks of a volcanologist?

Answer 1

Volcanologists' work, to say the least, is very exciting and interactive. When talking about his volcanology career, Robert Tilling states that "the present is the key to the past -- In a sense, we're detectives, trying to decipher clues that rocks tell us." Another volcanologist, Hon, says that being a geologist is kind of like "putting together the pieces of a puzzle." Indeed, both geology and volcanology are very investigative types of work. "There are new things waiting to be discovered constantly and a scientists' application of these discoveries to everyday life is never-ending. Richard Fiske probably states it best when he says, "Once you get started in volcanoes, you become a junkie. The Earth is changing and you try to outfox it, understand its past activity and predict what it's likely to do in the future."

While many may think, though, that a volcanologist's work consists solely on the exciting, adventurous work performed at the lip of an erupting volcano, they would be wrong. In fact, most of a volcanologists' work is done studying the remains of either dead or dormant volcanoes, or by monitoring currently present volcanoes that may be active or "reawakening." Basically, the goals of volcanology are to understand how and why volcanoes erupt, how to predict eruptions, their impacts on the history of the Earth and how they may affect humans and their environment. It is also important for volcanologists to be able to interpret and publish/present their findings in such a way that it is easy for the general public to understand.

Essentially, volcanology can be broken down into four major groups of study. First, physical volcanologists study the actual processes and deposits of volcanic eruptions. Data gathered through this type of study gives volcanologists information about where and how volcanoes are likely to erupt, especially if nobody has seen them presently active. Collecting this data is very time-consuming. Mapping of the distribution of the rocks that make up the volcano, as well as chemical and dating analyses of the samples, leads scientists to information concerning the volcano's past. Second, geophysicists mainly deal with volcanic seismicity, gravity and magnetics. Third, geodesic volcanologists look at changes in the shape of the Earth in correlation to the ground deformation that occurs at volcanic eruptions. Lastly, geochemists deal with the makeup of the Earth as well as volcanic products, such as emitted gases.
A Vulcanologist is a person who studies volcanoes. Chemistry and physics are the sciences which study active volcanoes. Geology is used to study inactive volcanoes.

Vulcanologist have to make measurements on volcano's using tilt meters and thermal Carma. then they have to make predictions on what will happen in the future of the volcano. Last they have to send there finding to the government

Answer 2

Vulcanologists study volcanoes using chemistry, physics, and geology. Some study volcanic eruptions, and others look at seismic data and how gravity and magnetics are involved. The makeup of the Earth, gases emitted by volcanoes, and the shape of the Earth around volcanoes also grab the attention of vulcanologists.

A Volcanologist study volcano

Answer 3

There are two types of work that volcanologists undertake on a daily basis. One is fieldwork: spending a few months of the year camped out by a volcano, spending upwards of ten hours a day examining it. Other times they're in an office, analyzing the data they've collected or putting together proposals and funds for further research.

Answer 4

They have to predict when a volcanoe might erupt, investigate volcanoes, help negate some of the problems caused by a volcano, study volcanoes, and deal with the makeup of the Earth. I'm pretty sure that there are more but these are just some

Answer 5

There are around fifteen main tasks of a volcanologist. Some of the tasks are hiking through mountains in all kinds of weather, lab work, and looking through microscopes analyzing mineral elements from rock formations.

Answer 6

The volcanologist risks his or her life in order to get in formation on the volcanic eruption.

Answer 7

A volcanologist is a branch of the study of geology. The responsibilities of a volcanologist are to observe the changes in the ground before, during, and after a volcanic eruption.

Answer 8

A volcanologist studies volcanoes.