All analyses of the Hoy Tephra

This search has found 57 analyses

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.

FeO: total iron is represented as FeO
*original totals for normalised data (where applicable)
Site	Phase	SiO₂	TiO₂	Al₂O₃	FeO	MnO	MgO	CaO	Na₂O	K₂O	Total	EP	Ref
Ballynahone (Northern Ireland)	glass	72.18	0.26	14.43	2.21		0.12	0.62	5.32	4.42	99.57	4	1561
Ballynahone (Northern Ireland)	glass	71.31	0.27	14.37	2.56		0.28	0.94	5.14	4.52	99.39	4	1561
Ballynahone (Northern Ireland)	glass	71.29	0.24	14.11	2.27		0.17	0.69	5.21	4.37	98.34	4	1561
Ballynahone (Northern Ireland)	glass	70.96	0.24	14.37	2.27		0.17	0.69	5.19	4.36	98.24	4	1561
Ballynahone (Northern Ireland)	glass	70.82	0.32	14.68	2.71		0.35	1.09	5.26	4.26	99.48	4	1561
Ballynahone (Northern Ireland)	glass	70.59	0.23	14.30	2.31		0.14	0.64	5.24	4.28	97.73	4	1561
Ballynahone (Northern Ireland)	glass	70.46	0.28	13.94	2.19		0.15	0.67	5.32	4.91	97.91	4	1561
Ballynahone (Northern Ireland)	glass	70.40	0.22	14.40	2.28		0.14	0.68	4.91	4.12	97.11	4	1561
Ballynahone (Northern Ireland)	glass	70.37	0.23	13.87	2.26		0.16	0.66	5.21	4.47	97.24	4	1561
Ballynahone (Northern Ireland)	glass	70.30	0.22	13.94	2.23		0.15	0.64	5.00	3.90	96.38	4	1561
Ballynahone (Northern Ireland)	glass	69.85	0.26	14.25	2.19		0.16	0.71	4.10	4.50	96.02	4	1561
Ballynahone (Northern Ireland)	glass	69.70	0.27	13.85	2.12		0.17	0.68	5.05	4.86	96.70	4	1561
Ballynahone (Northern Ireland)	glass	69.66	0.24	13.77	2.26		0.12	0.71	5.28	4.73	96.78	4	1561
Ballynahone (Northern Ireland)	glass	69.61	0.25	13.66	2.12		0.13	0.59	5.31	4.33	96.00	4	1561
Ballynahone (Northern Ireland)	glass	69.12	0.27	14.14	2.47		0.22	0.86	5.15	4.83	97.06	4	1561
Ballynahone (Northern Ireland)	glass	69.12	0.28	14.10	2.36		0.15	0.79	4.87	4.29	95.95	4	1561
Ballynahone (Northern Ireland)	glass	68.91	0.33	14.34	2.63		0.28	0.95	5.04	3.94	96.42	4	1561
Ballynahone (Northern Ireland)	glass	68.55	0.18	13.93	2.08		0.16	0.62	5.39	4.13	95.03	4	1561
Garvaghullion (Northern Ireland)	glass	71.81	0.25	14.23	2.22		0.14	0.72	5.14	4.69	99.19	4	1561
Garvaghullion (Northern Ireland)	glass	71.70	0.28	14.49	2.44		0.19	0.75	5.41	4.60	99.85	4	1561
Garvaghullion (Northern Ireland)	glass	71.51	0.26	14.30	2.24		0.16	0.68	5.10	4.53	98.78	4	1561
Garvaghullion (Northern Ireland)	glass	70.86	0.23	14.09	2.21		0.15	0.64	5.07	4.46	97.70	4	1561
Garvaghullion (Northern Ireland)	glass	70.80	0.26	14.47	2.38		0.20	0.88	4.92	4.05	97.96	4	1561
Garvaghullion (Northern Ireland)	glass	70.80	0.26	14.47	2.38		0.20	0.88	4.92	4.05	97.96	4	1561
Garvaghullion (Northern Ireland)	glass	70.79	0.23	13.97	2.22		0.15	0.72	4.68	4.48	97.24	4	1561
Garvaghullion (Northern Ireland)	glass	70.61	0.21	14.69	2.39		0.17	0.70	5.02	4.65	98.45	4	1561
Garvaghullion (Northern Ireland)	glass	70.49	0.25	13.85	2.16		0.16	0.73	5.12	4.56	97.31	4	1561
Garvaghullion (Northern Ireland)	glass	70.38	0.28	14.56	2.45		0.20	0.89	4.99	4.57	98.33	4	1561
Garvaghullion (Northern Ireland)	glass	70.35	0.21	14.10	2.13		0.14	0.71	5.26	4.50	97.39	4	1561
Garvaghullion (Northern Ireland)	glass	70.34	0.25	13.86	2.30		0.21	0.82	5.05	4.61	97.45	4	1561
Garvaghullion (Northern Ireland)	glass	70.34	0.23	14.20	2.25		0.14	0.74	5.14	4.71	97.75	4	1561
Garvaghullion (Northern Ireland)	glass	70.18	0.25	14.20	2.28		0.19	0.68	5.09	4.66	97.28	4	1561
Garvaghullion (Northern Ireland)	glass	70.18	0.29	14.66	2.48		0.22	0.96	5.11	4.61	98.51	4	1561
Garvaghullion (Northern Ireland)	glass	69.70	0.26	14.08	2.25		0.18	0.71	4.69	4.52	96.37	4	1561
Garvaghullion (Northern Ireland)	glass	68.37	0.29	14.31	2.46		0.21	0.82	4.84	4.49	95.78	4	1561
Keiths Peat Bank (Scotland)	glass	72.63	0.19	14.03	2.23	0.06	0.15	0.55	5.05	5.06	99.95	2	853
Keiths Peat Bank (Scotland)	glass	71.70	0.20	14.39	2.14	0.05	0.15	0.65	4.50	4.90	98.68	2	853
Keiths Peat Bank (Scotland)	glass	71.70	0.22	13.91	2.02	0.07	0.16	0.62	4.50	4.71	97.91	2	853
Keiths Peat Bank (Scotland)	glass	71.68	0.16	14.16	2.15	0.03	0.13	0.73	4.33	0.53	97.90	2	853
Keiths Peat Bank (Scotland)	glass	71.49	0.16	13.65	2.21	0.05	0.13	0.63	4.84	4.40	97.56	2	853
Keiths Peat Bank (Scotland)	glass	71.43	0.23	14.08	2.35	0.04	0.18	0.91	4.43	4.79	98.44	2	853
Keiths Peat Bank (Scotland)	glass	71.14	0.18	13.84	2.29	0.03	0.17	0.70	4.14	4.47	96.95	2	853
Keiths Peat Bank (Scotland)	glass	70.65	0.16	14.17	2.18	0.10	0.18	0.70	5.05	4.77	97.96	2	853
Keiths Peat Bank (Scotland)	glass	70.50	0.23	13.99	2.15	0.08	0.15	0.61	5.12	4.53	97.36	2	853
Keiths Peat Bank (Scotland)	glass	69.51	0.15	14.14	2.30	0.08	0.17	0.85	4.49	4.82	96.51	2	853
Loch Farlary (Scotland)	glass	69.93	0.19	14.37	2.30	0.06	0.22	0.83	5.52	4.64	98.07	28	2747
Loch Farlary (Scotland)	glass	69.88	0.15	14.20	2.23	0.06	0.15	0.76	5.91	4.44	97.78	28	2747
Loch Farlary (Scotland)	glass	69.83	0.17	13.99	2.12	0.03	0.10	0.61	5.43	4.67	96.95	28	2747
Loch Farlary (Scotland)	glass	69.77	0.15	14.02	2.00	0.07	0.16	0.67	5.74	4.60	97.19	28	2747
Loch Farlary (Scotland)	glass	69.57	0.17	14.16	1.88	0.01	0.12	0.63	5.11	4.66	96.30	28	2747
Loch Farlary (Scotland)	glass	69.51	0.19	13.99	2.02	0.04	0.13	0.67	4.99	4.62	96.16	28	2747
Loch Farlary (Scotland)	glass	69.26	0.17	13.89	2.22	0.03	0.16	0.73	5.50	4.47	96.43	28	2747
Loch Farlary (Scotland)	glass	69.16	0.19	14.32	2.14	0.08	0.22	0.80	4.28	4.46	95.64	28	2747
Loch Farlary (Scotland)	glass	68.90	0.18	13.97	2.18	0.08	0.18	0.82	4.87	4.73	95.91	28	2747
Loch Farlary (Scotland)	glass	68.74	0.17	13.99	2.07	0.05	0.19	0.65	5.25	4.48	95.58	28	2747
Loch Farlary (Scotland)	glass	68.60	0.18	13.93	2.03	0.02	0.09	0.64	5.38	4.51	95.38	28	2747
Loch Farlary (Scotland)	glass	68.00	0.18	13.91	2.03	0.07	0.19	0.75	5.74	4.45	95.31	28	2747

Instrument Conditions

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

Please refer to papers for full details of the instrument conditions, standards etc used to create these analyses
EP	Instrument	Beam current (nA)	Beam voltage (kV)	Correction	Sample
2	Cambridge Instruments Microscan V (University of Edinburgh)	15	20	ZAF	Thin section mounted in araldite then ground and polished
4	Jeol 733 Superprobe (Queens University, Belfast)	10	15	ZAF	Thin section mounted in araldite then ground and polished
28	Cameca Camebax (University of Edinburgh)	10	20	ZAF	Thin section mounted in araldite then ground and polished

References

The data on this page is from the following source(s). If you use this data please acknowledge the source of the data. he number preceeding each reference matches the Ref number on the data table above.

853 - Dugmore, A.J., Larsen, G, and Newton, A.J. (1995) Seven tephra isochrones in Scotland. The Holocene 5/3, 257-266.

1561 - Hall, V.A. and Pilcher, J.R. (2002) Late-Quaternary Icelandic tephras in Ireland and Great Britain: detection, characterization and usefulness. The Holocene 12, 223-230..

2747 - Tipping, R, Ashmore, P, Davies, A, Haggart, A, Moir, A, Newton., AJ, Sands, R, Skinner, T and Tisdall, E (2008) Prehistoric Pinus woodland dynamics in an upland landscape in northern Scotland: the roles of climate change and human impacts. Vegetation History Archaeobotony 17, 251-267.

Data Sources

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This Tephrabase search was made on 5/7/2025 at 07:13:13 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.