Background and purpose Volcanic eruptions of pyroclastic tephra, including the ash-sized
fraction (< 2 mm; referred to as volcanic ash), have negative direct impacts on soil quality …

Estimating the area of tephra fallout and volume of large magnitude eruptions is
fundamental to interpretations of the hazards posed by eruptions of this scale. This study …

Abstract Deposition of early Holocene Eastern Mediterranean S1 tephra and a Black Sea
cryptotephra coincides with cultural transitions in the Fertile Crescent termed the Neolithic …

Over geological and cultural evolutionary timescales, volcanic eruptions are relatively
frequent events. In some parts of the world they are common and usually small in scale, and …

The characterisation of tephra deposits resulting from almost simultaneous sedimentation
and wind remobilisation is complex, and multidisciplinary strategies are required in order to …

Small-to-moderate explosive eruptions involve VEIs≤ 3, tephra volumes≤ 0.1 km3 and
often eject a significant amount of ash-sized pyroclastic material. This reduces the …

Volcanologists often use terrestrial tephra layers to reconstruct volcanic eruptions. However,
the conversion of fresh tephra deposits into tephra layers is poorly understood. To address …

Following on the discovery (in 2011) of a layer of distal tephra from the Pomici di Avellino
eruption (Somma-Vesuvius, EU5) in the Agro Pontino (southern Lazio, Italy), further detailed …

We explore developments in tephra science that consider more than chronology, using case
studies of morphological transformations of tephra deposits. Volcanic processes and …

Cryptotephras have been widely used as a chronological tool for studying past
environmental change, but many temporal and spatial gaps remain in our knowledge of the …