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Tephramancy
Tephramancy Teph"ra*man`cy, n. [Gr. ? ashes + -mancy.] Divination by the ashes of the altar on which a victim had been consumed in sacrifice.

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- Tephra is fragmental material produced by a volcanic eruption regardless of composition, fragment size, or emplacement mechanism. Volcanologists also refer...
- of Iceland with tephra, and these layers can be used to date eruptions of Iceland's other volcanoes. Approximately 10% of the tephra created in Iceland...
- Tachina tephra is a species of fly in the genus Tachina of the family Tachinidae that is endemic to Austria. "Binomial authority". Arctos. Retrieved 22...
- Corbella, Hugo; Tiberi, Pedro (1994-05-01). "Sedimentological analysis of the tephra from the 12–15 August 1991 eruption of Hudson volcano". Bulletin of Volcanology...
- Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcanic landforms. They are built by ejecta from a volcanic vent, piling up around the vent in the shape of a cone...
- rocks, and it reached its present height about 200,000 years ago. Several tephra layers encountered in ice cores at Mount Waesche and Byrd Station have been...
- fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter (collectively known as tephra) that flows along the ground away from a volcano at average speeds of 100 km/h...
- slopes of generally 5–10°, and their loose tephra are material for dangerous lahars. Large pieces of tephra are called volcanic bombs. Big bombs can measure...
- On 11 December 2023, a jökulhlaup followed in time, a Mw4.5 earthquake. Tephra studies on soil samples from around the Vatnajökull ice-cap, show that the...
- (350,000 cu ft) of tephra ejected; and 8 representing a supervolcanic eruption that can eject 1.0×1012 m3 (240 cubic miles) of tephra and have a cloud column...