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The pages accessed from here contain information which will hopefully prove useful to researchers and students carrying out tephrochronological research in Iceland, north-west Europe and central Mexico.

Note that some of the pages reached from the links below are being updated.

General Information

Acid Digestion A method for digesting peat in order to extract microscopic volcanic glass shards in acid. This method does not alter the major element geochemistry of the glass shards.
WWW links Links to other WWW sites which contain information which is useful to anyone to interested in tephrochronology and volcanology. The links are particularily useful to those working in Iceland, north-west Europe and central Mexico.

Iceland and north-west Europe

Images

Geology map A geology map of Iceland, showing the volcanic systems.
Location map A map of Iceland, showing the location of the volcanoes mentioned in Tephrabase.
SEM images A selection of SEM images of glass shards from Scotland and Iceland [Pages being updated]
Volcanoes Various photographs of Icelandic volcanoes. [Pages being updated]

Other information

Iceland links Links to other sites with information about Iceland
Volcanic systems Details of volcanic systems in Iceland which have produced tephra during the Holocene

Central Mexico

Images

Map A map of central Mexico showing the Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt, the Michoacán-Guanajuato Volcanic Field, the Chichinautzin Formation and various volcanoes mentioned in these pages.
Volcanoes Various photographs of central Mexican volcanoes. [Pages being updated]