Syðrivogur, Mývatnsveit, Iceland

Your search has found 3 tephra layers at Syðrivogur, profile no 1136

Site Type Area Latitude Longitude Altitude (m)
Lake Iceland, Mývatnsveit 65.5669°N 16.9520°W 280

 

*Note that the Tephra layer depth of a cryptotephra does not indicate the thickness of the layer, as in a visible tephra tephra layer. The thickness indicates the spread of the tephra shards in the sediment or sometimes the top and bottom depths are the same (i.e. no apparent thickness).
1Correlated tephra name means that the tephra deposit has been correlated with a tephra horizon found at multiple sites (e.g. Hekla 4). Of course, these correlations could be reinterpreted and care needs to be taken.
2Local tephra name is the name given by the researchers for the tephra found at the site, this is often a mixture of a site code/name and the depth of the tephra. Not all tephra layers in Tephrabase have a local name, but more or being added. This is independent of any correlations to other tephra deposits.
Profile Tephra Layer
No Name Profile Depth (m) Type Correlated name1 Local name2 Tephra Depth (m) Comments Geochemical data Ref
1136 SVA 1/2 n/a 7cm wide 1 metre russian corer, Tephra depths measured from the sediment/lake interface
Hekla 1300 Tephra SVA-1/2 0b 2.170 - 2.180 4577
V-Sv Tephra SVA-1/2 3 (V-950) 3.195 - 3.205 Fine grained, olive green tephra 4577
Landnám Tephra SVA-1/2 4 (V-871 LTL) 3.338 - 3.375 4577

References

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4577: Sigurgeirsson, M.Á., Hauptfleisch, U., Newton, A. and Einarsson, Á.  2013  Dating of the Viking Age Landnám Tephra Sequence in Lake Mývatn Sediment, North Iceland. Journal of the North Atlantic  21, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3721/037.004.m702

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This Tephrabase search was made on 5/7/2025 at 09:01:43 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.