Tephra inversion with Tephra2 and the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm

19 Apr 2021

We couple the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm (Hastings, 1970) with the volcanic ash transport model Tephra2 (Bonadonna et al, 2005; 2010), and present the coupled algorithm as a new method to estimate the Eruption Source Parameters (ESPs) of volcanic eruptions based on mass per unit area...

Uncertainty Workshop: Deadline Approaching

01 Feb 2019

Coupling Uncertain Geophysical Hazards WorkshopMarch 24-26, 2019James B. Hunt Library, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCDescription: Scientists are beginning to understand the propagation of uncertainty through mathematical models, to enable predictions of the likely...

Announcement: Coupling Uncertain Geophysical Hazards Workshop

30 Nov 2018

Coupling Uncertain Geophysical Hazards WorkshopMarch 24-26, 2019James B. Hunt Library, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCDescription: Scientists are beginning to understand the propagation of uncertainty through mathematical models, to enable predictions of the likely...

A new method to identify the vent location of tephra fall deposits based on thickness or maximum clast size measurements (SVL)

17 Apr 2018

This tool presents a new method to identify the vent location of tephra fall deposits based on thickness or maximum clast size measurements. It is temporarily named "svl", which is short for Source Vent Locator. The method estimates the vent location by coupling semi-empirical models...

INQUA–INTAV International Field Conference and Workshop: Crossing New Frontiers

14 Mar 2018

The INQUA International Focus Group on Tephrochronology and Volcanism (INTAV) cordially invites you to participate in the Crossing New Frontiers - Tephra Hunt in Transylvania international field conference that aims to continue the long tradition of very successful inter-INQUA congress tephra...

INQUA–INTAV International Field Conference and Workshop: Crossing New Frontiers

14 Mar 2018

The INQUA International Focus Group on Tephrochronology and Volcanism (INTAV) cordially invites you to participate in the Crossing New Frontiers - Tephra Hunt in Transylvania international field conference that aims to continue the long tradition of very successful inter-INQUA congress tephra...

Mono-Inyo Tephra Database

01 Aug 2017

The Mono-Inyo Craters is a zone of active volcanism in California, USA, that extends from Mammoth Mountain and Long Valley caldera in the south to the islands of Mono Lake in the north.  This resource provides the citation for the Mono-Inyo tephra database.  The database can...

Tephra 2017 Workshop : Best practices in tephra collection, analysis, and reporting leading toward better tephra databases

15 Jun 2017

Best practices in tephra collection, analysis, and reporting: Leading toward better tephra databasesThis is a page for the Tephra 2017 workshop, held in Portland, OR, 19 August 2017.  The workshop was a follow-on to the Tephra 2014 workshop, held 3-7 August 2014, also in...

Tephra 2017 Workshop : Best practices in tephra collection, analysis, and reporting leading toward better tephra databases

15 Jun 2017

Best practices in tephra collection, analysis, and reporting: Leading toward better tephra databasesThis is a page for the Tephra 2017 workshop, held in Portland, OR, 19 August 2017.  The workshop was a follow-on to the Tephra 2014 workshop, held 3-7 August 2014, also in...

TephraProb: a Matlab package for probabilistic hazard assessments of tephra fallout

15 Sep 2016

Download the code on GitHub: https://github.com/e5k/TephraProbFollow updates on: https://e5k.github.io/TephraProb is a toolbox of Matlab functions designed to produce scenario–based probabilistic hazard assessments for ground tephra accumulation. The toolbox includes a series of...

Maar-diatremes - a course module

19 Apr 2021

Maar-diatremes are one of the most common volcanic landforms on Earth, and represent an end-member type of volcano whose eruptions are dominated by explosive, subsurface magma-water interaction.  Thus they should form an important component of volcanology courses.  The recent decade has...

Titan2D Hazard Map Emulator Workflow Tool

19 Apr 2021 | Tools | Contributor(s): Peter W Webley

Titan2D Hazard Map Emulator Workflow Tool

Tephra isopach, extent and volume calculation in R

19 Apr 2021 | Offline Tools

The method presented here is used to interpolate the thickness distribution of tephra fall deposits from point measurements. It first reconstructs the general thickness decay pattern, or "trend," and then models the residuals that cannot be explained by the trend with...

A Matlab implementation of the Carey and Sparks (1986) model

19 Apr 2021 | Offline Tools

Download the code on GitHub: https://github.com/e5k/CareySparks86_MatlabFollow updates on: https://e5k.github.io/   This file is a Matlab implementation of the Carey and Sparks (1986) model to estimate i) the plume height above sampling altitude and ii) the wind speed at the...

Tephra 2014-2020 Document Repository

01 Jul 2015 | Publications

Beginning with the consensus document (with three appendices) resulting from the Tephra 2014 Workshop, this is the document repository for the Tephra 2014, 2017 and 2019 Workshops on standardization.The immediate goal of the tephra standardization effort is to translate checklists...

Spread sheet to calculate tephra volume for exponential thinning

10 Apr 2015 | Offline Tools

An Excel spread sheet and instructions are provided to calculate tephra volume for exponential thinning on a log(thickness) versus square root of area plot. The spread sheet calculates volumes for a single straight line and for two straight lines. The equations for the calculations are from...

AGU Poster: Results of the Tephra 2014 Workshop on Maximizing the Potential of Tephra for Multidisciplinary Science

11 Dec 2014 | Publications

Poster presentation from the 2014 AGU Fall Meeting reporting on results and conclusions of the Tephra 2014 workshop

Tephra 2014 Field Trip Guide

08 Dec 2014 | Publications

Guidebook for the field trip to Mount Saint Helens conducted 4-August-2014 as part of the Tephra 2014 workshop.

Geochemistry and Petrology first response draft

28 Aug 2014 | Miscellaneous

Here are the documents which were presented at the meeting on the 27th of August. Please feel free to download, edit, and then update the files stored here.

TOTGS: Total grainsize distribution of tephra fallout

20 Jan 2014 | Offline Tools

NOTE The code is now maintained on GitHub: https://github.com/e5k/TOTGS Follow updates on: https://e5k.github.io/  Quantifying the total grainsize distribution (TGSD) is a necessary step to achieve a thorough characterization of a given tephra deposit. Several methods exist to...