volcanologists often study the area around a volcano to identify places where lahars have occurred in the past. How could such studies benefit communities near the volcano?

Question

please help and thank you

Answer 1

Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "lahars volcano" to get these possible sources:

http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/hazards/primer/lahar.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahar
http://volcanology.geol.ucsb.edu/lahar.htm

There are many more articles.

In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search. Also see http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/.

I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.

Answer 2

Volcanologists can use this data to predict if current eruptions are likely to occur and have a rough idea as to when