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By Becky Phillips, Marketing and Creative Services

 

 

 

PULLMAN - Work by two WSU geologists on the microscopic properties of volcanic ash may lead to better methods of detecting and predicting volcanic eruptions - including those from supervolcanoes.

 

John Wolff and Michael Rowe are focusing on geologic activity in the Cascade Range, where a powerful subduction zone off the coast of Washington, Oregon and California produces constant volcanic activity.

 

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