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tephra

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tephra [′tef·rə]
(geology)
All pyroclastics of a volcano.
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Flung into the air at the slightest breeze, the fluffy mixture of tephra particles stung the eyes, irritated the lungs and coated anything animals or people would have cared to eat.
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The volcano is remarkable not only because of its situation on a Precambrian shield, but also because there is a total absence of volcanic ash or tephra.
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