Sites in France where the Laacher See Tephra is found

Tephrabase has found 7 sites with the Laacher See Tephra in France.

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Site Profile Area/Country Latitude Longitude Grid Reference Altitude (m) Geochemical data
Grande Pile n/a Alsace (France) 47.7333°N 6.6667°E n/a n/a no data
Lac d'Annecy
(lake site)
AN I-III Haute-Savoie (France) 45.8797°N 6.1672°E n/a n/a no 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
Lake Saint-Point
(lake site)
SP05 Doubs (France) 46.8289°N 6.3275°E n/a 850 no data
Marais de la Maxe MM2 Alsace (France) 48.4550°N 7.1244°E n/a 656 View data

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This Tephrabase search was made on 5/7/2025 at 03:22:00 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.