Saksunarvatn Tephra at Saksunarvatn

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The results of your search are shown on this page, which is divided into three sections. The first contains geochemical data in the form of electron probe microanalyses of the the tephra layer you have chosen, which can be downloaded. Most of these analyses will be of glass shards. The second section gives information about the instrument conditions and the third details about the sources of the data and the date and time of your search. You should always refer to the original sources to get the full context of the data presented here.

Geochemistry

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FeO: total iron is represented as FeO
*original totals for normalised data (where applicable)
	SiO₂	TiO₂	Al₂O₃	FeO	MnO	MgO	CaO	Na₂O	K₂O	Total	EP	Ref
Glass	50.71	3.69	12.78	14.57	0.35	5.90	9.58		0.35	97.93	20	353
Glass	50.42	3.30	12.97	14.57	0.22	5.61	9.19	1.82	0.41	98.53	2	1207
Glass	50.34	2.87	14.12	12.74	0.22	5.31	10.22	2.98	0.41	99.21	2	1207
Glass	50.11	3.26	12.95	12.57	0.24	6.21	9.98		0.42	95.74	20	353
Glass	49.89	3.09	12.88	13.79	0.26	5.47	9.77	2.92	0.44	98.51	2	1207
Glass	49.83	2.93	13.76	12.23	0.20	6.36	10.68	2.96	0.36	99.31	2	1207
Glass	49.82	3.05	13.06	13.80	0.18	5.33	9.58		0.54	95.36	20	353
Glass	49.74	3.28	12.87	13.76	0.24	5.36	9.14		0.47	94.86	20	353
Glass	49.53	2.90	12.37	13.37	0.25	6.52	11.08	2.57	0.39	98.98	2	1207
Glass	49.47	2.96	13.53	14.15	0.22	5.45	10.13	2.84	0.48	99.23	2	1207
Glass	49.33	3.12	13.12	13.96	0.26	5.62	9.88	2.62	0.47	98.38	2	1207
Glass	49.30	3.18	13.19	13.52	0.16	5.43	9.06		0.38	94.22	20	353
Glass	49.26	3.22	13.04	14.29	0.21	5.44	9.68	2.78	0.44	98.35	2	1207
Glass	49.22	2.74	12.79	13.43	0.27	5.68	9.00		0.43	93.56	20	353
Glass	49.22	3.06	13.39	13.69	0.16	5.73	9.47		0.42	95.14	20	353
Glass	49.19	3.04	12.88	13.73	0.24	5.60	9.28		0.44	94.40	20	353
Glass	49.11	2.87	13.25	13.36	0.24	5.99	10.27	2.73	0.44	98.26	2	1207
Glass	48.98	3.23	12.77	14.24	0.24	5.21	8.92	2.64	0.43	96.66	2	1207
Glass	48.97	3.34	12.25	14.33	0.32	5.15	8.79		0.49	93.64	20	353
Glass	48.96	2.93	13.15	13.65	0.27	5.63	9.86	2.57	0.56	96.59	2	1207
Glass	48.93	3.15	12.81	14.19	0.24	5.66	9.52	2.74	0.51	97.75	2	1207
Glass	48.90	2.92	12.54	13.99	0.17	5.61	9.81	3.06	0.42	97.42	2	1207
Glass	48.89	3.34	12.73	14.44	0.25	5.49	9.59	2.75	0.43	97.90	2	1207
Glass	48.89	3.06	13.26	13.65	0.22	5.60	9.47	2.51	0.47	97.12	2	1207
Glass	48.88	3.08	12.89	14.14	0.25	5.56	9.96	2.54	0.42	97.72	2	1207
Glass	48.86	2.81	13.30	13.76	0.23	5.51	9.10		0.40	93.97	20	353
Glass	48.86	2.62	12.37	13.84	0.09	6.02	9.29		0.54	93.63	20	353
Glass	48.77	2.90	12.45	13.97	0.35	5.11	8.89		0.40	92.84	20	353
Glass	48.76	2.86	12.68	13.71	0.24	5.63	9.36	2.65	0.36	96.25	2	1207
Glass	48.66	3.07	13.30	14.23	0.23	5.69	9.55	2.96	0.47	98.16	2	1207
Glass	48.65	3.08	13.20	13.79	0.25	5.58	10.14	2.55	0.49	97.73	2	1207
Glass	48.64	2.82	13.04	13.63	0.22	5.53	9.09		0.47	93.44	20	353
Glass	48.46	2.89	12.93	13.82	0.22	5.63	10.09	2.71	0.46	97.20	2	1207
Glass	48.45	3.24	13.11	14.14	0.30	5.32	9.55	3.17	0.51	97.79	2	1207
Glass	48.45	3.17	13.12	13.28	0.23	5.90	10.08	2.81	0.45	97.49	2	1207
Glass	48.41	2.87	13.59	14.10	0.26	5.88	10.21	2.38	0.43	98.12	2	1207
Glass	48.39	3.07	13.12	13.74	0.22	5.76	9.86	2.66	0.43	97.25	2	1207
Glass	48.35	2.77	13.23	13.25	0.26	5.73	9.80	2.76	0.43	96.58	2	1207
Glass	48.34	3.06	12.79	14.04	0.23	5.73	10.05	2.59	0.40	97.23	2	1207
Glass	48.21	2.71	12.78	12.65	0.27	6.43	11.09	2.57	0.36	97.07	2	1207
Glass	47.97	2.83	13.12	13.49	0.22	6.12	10.16	2.76	0.36	97.03	2	1207
Glass	47.78	3.06	12.90	13.81	0.26	5.76	10.01	2.74	0.41	96.73	2	1207
Glass	47.52	2.87	13.01	13.86	0.28	5.85	10.23	2.87	0.49	96.98	2	1207
Glass	47.19	2.81	12.94	13.64	0.26	5.84	9.67		0.47	92.82	20	353

Instrument Conditions

These analyses were carried out under the following electron microprobe conditions.

Details of the electron microprobe conditions used to create the above geochemistry. Read the original paper for further details.
EP	Instument	Beam current	Acc. Volt	Sample	Correction	Details
2	Cambridge Instruments Microscan V (University of Edinburgh)	15 nA	20 kV	Thin section mounted in araldite then ground and polished	ZAF	10s peak count per element (2 spectrometers), total electron beam time of 50s and a 5-10um defocussed beam
20	ARL SEMQ	5 nA	15 kV	Thin section	MAGIC IV

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.

353: Mangerud, J., Furnes, H., and Johansen, J. (1986) A 9,000 year old ash bed on the Faroe Islands. Quaternary Research 26, 262-265.

1207: Dugmore, A.J. and Newton, A.J. (1997) Holocene tephra layers in the Faroe Islands. Frodskaparrit 45, 141-154..

Data Sources

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This Tephrabase search was made on 5/7/2025 at 01:44:34 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.