(right) Dr. Adam Kent, telling his graduate students which way to run if there is a tsunami.

To give you some background on Dr. Kent, he is a native of Australia who has been on the faculty in the Geosciences Department at Oregon State University since 2002. His research expertise is in the study of melt inclusions in crystals – tiny blebs of melt (a.k.a. magma) that get trapped inside of crystals as they are forming in the magma – which can be analyzed to understand the conditions in which the crystal formed. He has worked all over the world, on volcanoes in the Marianas, Cascades, Japan (and more) and is one of world’s experts on laser ablation ICP-MS analysis of minerals – with a publication record to prove it.

So, here is your chance to ask him questions about his research and about his recent (and ongoing) study of Mt. Hood, his work on other volcanoes or anything else … send me your questions to eruptionsblog at gmail dot com by September 24 and I will forward on selected questions to Adam for answers!

And be sure to check out the previous Q&A for some great volcano information from the people who make it:

  • Dr. Jonathan Castro on the eruption of Chaiten
  • Dr. Boris Behncke on Etna and Italian volcanoes
  • Alan Boyle, science editor for MSNBC.com, on science in the media
  • Sally Kuhn Sennert on the Global Volcanism Program

    • Send me your questions!

    Top left: Mt. Hood in Oregon