Sandfell 2, Mývatnssveit, Iceland
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This page contains the results of your search. It is divided into two sections. The first contains information about any tephra layers present at the site and the second part contains details about the source references and the date and time of the search.
Your search has found 18 tephra layers at Sandfell 2, profile no 1234
| Site Type | Area | Latitude | Longitude | Altitude (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrestrial | Iceland, Mývatnssveit | 65.5356°N | 17.2206°W | 431 |
| Profile | Tephra Layer | ||||||||
| No | Name | Total Profile Depth (m) | Type | Correlated name1 | Local name2 | Tephra Depth (m) | Comments | Geochemical data | Ref |
| 1234 | SF2 | n/a | Soil section | ||||||
| Veiđivötn 1717 Tephra | SF2 1 | 0.855 - 0.860 | Coarse dark tephra | 8105 | |||||
| SF2 2 | 0.950 - 0.950 | Trace of patchy coarse dark tephra | 8105 | ||||||
| Veiđivötn 1477 Tephra | SF2 3 | 0.950 - 0.970 | 2cm layer divided in two parts: 1cm upper part - soil/tephra mix; 1cm lower part - coarse green grey tephra, diffuse in the upper part | 8105 | |||||
| SF2 4 | 0.980 - 0.985 | Coarse dark tephra | 8105 | ||||||
| Örćfajökull 1362 Tephra | SF2 5 | 0.995 - 0.995 | Trace of very patchy fine white tephra | 8105 | |||||
| Veiđivötn 1159 Tephra | SF2 6 | 1.030 - 1.040 | Fine olive green tephra | 8105 | |||||
| Hekla 1158 Tephra | SF2 7 | 1.040 - 1.040 | Trace of very patchy fine white tephra | 8105 | |||||
| Hekla 1104 Tephra | SF2 8 | 1.055 - 1.055 | Trace fine white tephra | 8105 | |||||
| SF2 9 | 1.070 - 1.070 | Trace fine dark tephra | 8105 | ||||||
| V-Sv Tephra | SF2 10 | 1.090 - 1.100 | Fine olive green tephra | 8105 | |||||
| Landnám Tephra | SF2 11 | 1.110 - 1.110 | Trace of fine olive green tephra | 8105 | |||||
| SF2 12 | 1.120 - 1.135 | Fine to coarse grey tephra | 8105 | ||||||
| SF2 13 | 1.136 - 1.136 | Trace of fine olive green tephra | 8105 | ||||||
| SF2 14 | 1.137 - 1.157 | Coarse black tephra | 8105 | ||||||
| SF2 15 | 1.167 - 1.177 | Coarse green brown tephra | 8105 | ||||||
| SF2 16 | 1.212 - 1.212 | Trace of patchy coarse dark tephra | 8105 | ||||||
| Hekla 3 Tephra | SF2 17 | 2.042 - 2.082 | Fine white tephra | 8105 | |||||
| Hekla 4 Tephra | SF2 18 | 2.242 - 2.287 | 4.5cm layer dived into two: 2.5cm upper part - fine dark tephra, 2cm lower part - fine white tephra | 8105 | |||||
Notes
*Note that the Tephra layer depth of a cryptotephra does not indicate the thickness of the layer, as in a visible tephra tephra layer. The thickness indicates the spread of the tephra shards in the sediment or sometimes the top and bottom depths are the same (i.e. no apparent thickness).
1Correlated tephra name means that the tephra deposit has been correlated with a tephra horizon found at multiple sites (e.g. Hekla 4). Of course, these correlations could be reinterpreted and care needs to be taken.
2Local tephra name is the name given by the researchers for the tephra found at the site, this is often a mixture of a site code/name and the depth of the tephra. Not all tephra layers in Tephrabase have a local name, but more or being added. This is independent of any correlations to other tephra deposits.
References
The data on this page is from the following source(s). If you use this data please acknowledge the source of the data. The number preceding each reference matches the Ref number on the data table above.
8105: Anthony Newton and Andrew Dugmore 2018 Institute of Geography, School of GeoScience, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9XP UK
Data Sources
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This Tephrabase search was made on 25/4/2024 at 07:35:38 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.