Sites where the Laacher See Tephra has been described and geochemically analysed

Tephrabase has found the Laacher See Tephra at 16 sites.

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Site Name Profile Area/Country Latitude Longitude Grid Ref Alt (m) Geochemistry
Vallensgård Mose Core 1 Bornholm, Denmark 55.1372°N 14.9133°E n/a n/a View data
Lac de Sewen SW2 Alsace, France 47.8117°N 6.8972°E 46 41 51, 008 32 57 500 View data
Lake Lautrey L2, L3, L5, L6 (Vannier et al. 2004); total of 21 cores in Bossouet et al. (1997)/LT1 Jura, France 46.5869°N 5.8775°E n/a 788 View data
Lake Onoz OZ1 Jura, France 46.4764°N 5.6539°E n/a 560 View data
Marais de la Maxe MM2 Alsace, France 48.4550°N 7.1244°E n/a 656 View data
Bettenroder Berg IX BBIX Niedersachsen, Germany 51.4578°N 10.0089°E n/a n/a View data
Daaden Bohrkern Daaden Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany 50.7367°N 7.9597°E n/a n/a View data
Daschower Moor DAMO Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany 53.5078°N 12.1561°E n/a n/a View data
Herbstlabyrinth-Adventhöhle-System ADV2 Hessen, Germany 50.6833°N 8.2039°E n/a n/a View data
Hochmoor Kieshof HK Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany 54.1272°N 13.3392°E 6000750, 4587700 n/a View data
Langes Fenn (Potsdam) LF Brandenburg, Germany 52.3428°N 12.7897°E n/a n/a View data
Paddenluch PD Brandenburg, Germany 52.4845°N 13.8060°E n/a n/a View data
Wingertsberg Profile Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany 50.3792°N 7.3456°E n/a n/a View data
Zerrinsee bei Qualzow ZERR Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany 53.3133°N 12.8500°E n/a n/a View data
Lago Piccolo di Avigliana LPA Turin, Italy 45.0539°N 7.3942°E n/a n/a View data
Gerzensee Gn/aIII/GER1 Bern, Switzerland 46.8308°N 7.5467°E n/a 603 View data

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This Tephrabase search was made on 5/7/2025 at 09:14:31 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.