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Jacobel awarded grant to study active Alaskan volcano

By Meredith Utt '08
September 27, 2004

St. Olaf College and Professor of Physics Robert Jacobel have received a grant from the National Science Foundation for studies on Mount Veniaminof Volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands. Currently in an eruptive phase, the volcano holds thousands of cubic meters of water in the form of glacier ice around its summit. Radio-echo sounding will be used to gather data and estimate the risk of debris flows of host ash, mud and melted snow that often occur during the eruption of a glacier-covered volcano. St. Olaf physics students involved in the project include Kieran Cofell-Dwyer '06 (Cold Spring, Minn.) and Knut Christianson '05 (Pittsburgh, Pa.), both of whom are awaiting an opportunity to visit the volcanic site.

Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.