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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...
- Dasychira tephra, the tephra tussock moth, is a tussock moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1809. It is found...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- that occurred between 11.7 Ka and 450+ Ma. Uncertainties as to dates and tephra volumes are not restated, and references are not repeated. The inclusion...
- Scania tephra is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Chile. Noctuinae of Chile v t e...