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volcanologist

American  
[vahl-kuh-nahl-uhj-ist] / ˌvɑl kəˈnɑl ədʒ ɪst /

noun

  1. an expert in volcanology; a scientist who studies volcanoes.


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Johnston was a volcanologist with experience in active volcanoes in Alaska.

From Literature

“Back in 1980,” explained Janine Krippner, a volcanologist who has done research on the pyroclastic flows on Mount St. Helens, “you had these seismographs printed on paper.”

From Literature

“Iceland is essentially one of the best places in the world to study this … because we have both volcanism and glaciers,” volcanologist Michelle Parks of the Icelandic Meteorological Office told Reuters.

From Salon

Patterson signed on and started doing his own research, with the help of a volcanologist.

From Los Angeles Times

"A cool thing about these eruptions is that there were a bunch of them in sequence that were remarkably similar; that's relatively unusual," said Leif Karlstrom, a volcanologist at the UO.

From Science Daily