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volcanic ash

火山灰,山西省的火山灰

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Geology.

    • : ash.

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  • Mixed in with this dust there was also some volcanic ash, which contains minute zircon crystals.

  • The core contained four distinct layers of sediments that included volcanic ash that the team dated to between 234 million and 232 million years ago, matching the timing of the Carnian Pluvial Episode.

  • In a bulletin, the National Weather Service warned pilots that volcanic ash could be present in the atmosphere, a significant hazard to aviation.

  • Like many of the other remains at Pompeii, the two men in the villa lay in soft volcanic ash, which hardened around them and preserved the shape of their bodies long after their soft tissues had decayed.

  • The one-pound tub consists of just one ingredient, calcium bentonite clay, a pale-green powdered substance derived from volcanic ash.

  • The JMG office that just a few days  ago received victims of human rights abuse is now empty,  covered in black  ash.

  • Brash, crass, and sporting a perpetually raised eyebrow, Ash Williams remains the ultimate postmodern superhero.

  • And yet his music, to the end, although sometimes almost eerily serene, remained most often volcanic.

  • This hidden Eden continues to baffle geologists with its oculus of volcanic stone.

  • But behold, DiCaprio, whose volcanic growth of furze is surely proof that the vogue for beards needs to be trimmed back.

  • The volcanic eruptions of the mountains on the west broke down its barriers, and let its waters flow.

  • But scorn is far more volcanic than glacial and a poor barrier between sex and judgment.

  • Formosa, a large island in the Chinese sea, almost wholly inundated by volcanic agency, during a storm.

  • In roots and tubers the variations are less, and all, except the potato and the turnip, contain about seven per cent of ash.

  • Saussure has also observed that the quantity of ash diminishes in certain plants when the seed has ripened.