(Also VOLC-). [f. vulcan (cf. VULCANIC, etc.) + -OLOGY.] The science or scientific study of volcanoes.
1858. Mallet, in Rep. Brit. Assoc., I. 117. Books on Earthquakes and Vulcanology in the Göttingen University Library.
1880. Academy, 17 Jan., 49. The part relating to vulcanology would be considerably improved by a detailed account of some one seismological observatory.
