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What does tephra mean?

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Noun
  1. (geology) The solid material thrown into the air by a volcanic eruption that settles on the surrounding areas.
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Some reports are stating that that tephra rim could collapse later this year.
The volcano comprises lava flows, a composite cinder cone, and air-fall tephra.
The tephra above the paleosol is the Dawson Tephra, which is about 24,000 years old.
Marine tephra layers form important chronostratigraphic markers and may also provide information on eruption dynamics and chronology.
Any such lateral motions could contribute to the absence or thinness of distal marine tephra layers on submarine high points or steep slopes.
The accumulations of tephra from Nazko cone are over several metres thick in some places.

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