Friday, September 19, 2008

Volcanology


Volcanology is the study of volcanoes and everything to do with volcanoes e.g lava and magma. The person who studies volcanoes is called a volcanologist. These people often have to visit volcanoes, most of the time active ones to study volcanic eruptions and will do things like collect eruptive products e.g ash, rock or lava samples. The picture shown at the top shows a volcanologist at work!
The earliest known evidence of volcanology is a wall painting of a volcano erupting dating back from 6,000BC in Turkey. Since then volcanology has advanced hugely.
The goal of volcanology is to understand why and how volcanoes erupt, how to predict eruptions and how the eruptions of volcanoes affect the lives of humans. These goals will affect the lives of humans in the future.
(The picture at the top shows a volcanologist at work)

2 comments:

Hemant Saluja said...

Hi!


The picture showing the volcanologist at work! The goal of volcanoes affects the lives of humans. Thanks for sharing this blog.

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easy said...

its a photoshop )))