Tephrabase

Helluvaðstjörn, Mývatnsveit, Iceland

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.

Tephra Layers

Your search has found 4 tephra layers

  Veiðivötn 1717 Tephra
Site: Helluvaðstjörn (this is a lake site)
Depth: 0.17 - 0.18 metres
Profile: Profile 1
Profile depth: 1.30 metres
Profile type: 5 cm diameter Russian corer
Reference: 2136

 

  Veiðivötn 1477 Tephra
Site: Helluvaðstjörn (this is a lake site)
Depth: 0.33 - 0.36 metres
Profile: Profile 1
Profile depth: 1.30 metres
Profile type: 5 cm diameter Russian corer
Reference: 2136

 

  Veiðivötn 10th century Tephra
Site: Helluvaðstjörn (this is a lake site)
Depth: 0.87 - 0.88 metres
Profile: Profile 1
Profile depth: 1.30 metres
Profile type: 5 cm diameter Russian corer
Reference: 2136

 

  Hekla 3 Tephra
Site: Helluvaðstjörn (this is a lake site)
Depth: 1.20 - 1.21 metres
Profile: Profile 1
Profile depth: 1.30 metres
Profile type: 5 cm diameter Russian corer
Reference: 2136

 

References

The data on this page is from the following source(s). If you use this data please acknowledge the source of the data.

2136: Lawson, I.T., Gathorne-Hardy, F.J., Church, M.J., Newton, A.J., Edwards, K.J., Dugmore, A.J. and Einarsson, A. (2007) Environmental impacts of the Norse settlement: palaeoenvironmental data from Myvatnssveit, northern Iceland. Boreas  36, 1-19.


This Tephrabase search was made on 5/9/2010
at 01:21:25 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.