volcanologist
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- noun
- /vɒlˈkeɪnəˌlɒdʒɪst/
- Specialized
- Elson's pursuit of what happened at Sunset Crater ultimately led him to Hawaii and Mexico and into an unprecedented collaboration with volcanologists, tree-ring specialists, ceramic experts, and Native Americans.
- volcanologists and seismologists
- Volcanologists say
- world's volcanologists
Examples
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INETER also obtains expert assessments from national and international volcanologists.
Academic text (2006) -
In 1977, volcanologists found geophysical evidence indicating there was no single eruption but a series of eruptions over a period of two hundred years.
Academic text (2004) -
It's very exciting for volcanologists because of its size, and we're seeing many others like it.
Academic text (1991) -
A volcanologist at Flagstaff's Northern Arizona University.
Academic text (2004) -
You can tell the geologists/volcanologists in Iceland are still up and working.
Blog text (25) -
He's a volcanologist, and he says the views are restful.
Fiction book (2001) -
Fascinating for volcanologists, but also great for day-trippers who fancy seeing live lava action.
Blog text (31) -
The forced evacuation of 1999, recommended by the volcanologists, was thus widely understood by the people as very unfortunate since the evacuation caused a lot more damage than the volcano had ever caused before.
Academic text (2006) -
That's a question commonly asked of volcanologists and seismologists when a newsworthy volcanic eruption develops within days or weeks following a newsworthy earthquake somewhere else in the world.
Academic text (2002) -
A volcanologist studies the patterns of eruptions to predict future volcanic activity.
Synonyms
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A scientist who studies volcanoes and their activity
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Volcanologist comes from volcano, a word named for the Roman god Vulcan, who was the god of 'fire', and the ending -logist, like in biologist, meaning 'one who studies'. So a Volcanologist studies volcanoes and the hot, fiery activity under the ground.