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vul·ca·nol·o·gy

 (vŭl′kə-nŏl′ə-jē)
n.
Variant of volcanology.

vul′ca·nol′o·gist n.
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Translations
vulcanologistavulcanologistus

vulcanologist

[ˌvʌlkənˈɒlədʒɪst] Nvulcanólogo/a m/f
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There are the missing Golosovsky girls and their desperate mother; unhappy schoolgirls; a new mother going out of her mind with boredom; and a bitter vulcanologist with a missing dog.
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Following a briefing, the crew was to fetch their sleeping bags and settle into their quarters, said Gerst, a geophysicist and vulcanologist. Gerst, doctor Aunon-Chancellor and fighter pilot Prokopyev were to collaborate on various research projects during their mission.
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Geological Survey (USGS) vulcanologist Wendy Stovall told reporters.
It shows the volcanic Eifel region is waking up and vulcanologist Ulrich Schreibert said: "That can be a sign of magma movements."
Indonesian government vulcanologist Gede Suantika said Raung was shooting ash 3,000 meters (10,000 feet) into the air on Wednesday, and the wind was blowing it southeast towards Bali.
DANTE'S PEAK ITV, 10.50pm A vulcanologist's suspicions that a long-dormant volcano is about to erupt turn out to be true, prompting him to race against time to save the community standing in its way - and clash with local government officials weighing his predictions against the loss in tourism revenue.
"In this situation, with the eruption column so high, the main risk is that it collapses, falls due to gravity because of its own weight and causes a pyroclastic flow," Gabriel Orozco, a vulcanologist with Chile's geological and mining service, said on local TV.
The vulcanologist was filmed by colleague Bradley Ambrose as they descended 400m into the Marcum Crater on Ambrym island in New Zealand.
Seismic data indicates that magma from the volcano is melting ice beneath the Dyngjujokull icecap on the Vatnajokull glacier, Met Of-Of fice vulcanologist Melissa Pfeffer said.
It was bought by Scottish diplomat and MP Sir William Hamilton (1731-1803), British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples (1764-1800) and a famous collector, antiquarian, archaeologist and vulcanologist. Hamilton sold it to Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley, Duchess of Portland (1715-1785), from which Wedgwood's interpretation derives its name.