Methods Monitoring Volcanoes Flashcards

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Seismometers

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Seismic activity

Indicates: Microquakes, rising magma fracturing and cracking rocks

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Tiltometers and laser based measurements

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Ground deformation

Indicates: Bulging of ground caused by rising magma

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Magnetometers

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Upwads movement of iron rich magma

Indicates: Changing magnetism within volcano is a cannon indication of rising magma

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Hydroglogical Instrumentation

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Rising groundwater temps

Indicates: Rising magma will heat groundwater

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Remote sensing equipment

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Warning signs such as small eruptions

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