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The study of earthquakes: seismology

Volcanoes: volcanology

Both: geology

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What is scientist called that studies volcanoes?

A vulcanologist. Seismologists study earthquakes.


What type of scientists study volcanoes and earthquakes?

They are called volcanologists. It is a subset of geology.


What tracks earthquakes and volcanoes?

Seismology: the study of the vibrations from earthquakes, recorded on seismographs.


Why do scientists study volcanoes and earthquakes?

Scientists study volcanoes an earthquakes in order to better understand them and therefore help predict potential dangers. There is also the matter of simple human curiosity.


Who made the book that is called volcanoes and earthquakes in action?

"The author of Volcanoes and Earthquakes in action was Marianne Borgardt."


Where can a scientist study both volcanoes and earthquakes in the same place?

IndonesiaJapanHawaiiItalyAfricayou


Study of volcanoes called?

The study of volcanoes is volcanology. The study of volcanoes is called volcanology. Volcanologists are the people who study volcanoes. A volcano is very unpredictable but volcanologists can use different tools to study them and help to predict eruptions. +++ It's Vulcanolog [y / ist] - with a "u".


Do seismologists also study volcanoes?

They do occasionally, and they sometimes help vulcanologists. This is because volcanoes generate earthquakes, and analyzing patterns in these earthquakes can help to tell if a volcano is likely to erupt soon.


Were is there no earthquakes or volcanoes?

THERE is no earthquakes or volcanoes in space or in europe


Volcanologists and seismologists are specialized?

Volcanologists are geologists who primarily study the way that volcanoes form and erupt, as well as the eruptions of present and past volcanoes. Seismologists are scientists, usually geophysicists, study earthquakes in terms of the elastic waves that they push through the earth.


What kind of indirect evidence geologist use to study the structure of earth?

they use stuff like earthquakes and volcanoes to study it.


Why do you study earthquakes and volcanoes together?

You study these together because sometimes an earthquake is the cause of a volcano eruption and vice versa.