Sol143, Rangárŝing eystra, Iceland

Your search has found 13 tephra layers at Sol143, profile no 1253

Site Type Area Latitude Longitude Altitude (m)
Terrestrial Iceland, Rangárŝing eystra 63.5228°N 19.2472°W 400

 

*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
1253 Sol143A n/a Soil section
Katla 1357 Tephra Sol143A 1 0.000 - 0.050 Coarse dark tephra 1340
Hekla 1341 Tephra Sol143A 2 0.055 - 0.070 Fine blue grey tephra 1340
Hekla 1300 Tephra Sol143A 3 0.085 - 0.100 Coarse blue grey tephra 1340
Sol143A 4 0.120 - 0.125 Fine white tephra; unidentified Hekla tephra; 0.5cm layer, thickness can increase to 1cm 1340
Sol143A 5 0.235 - 0.285 Water sorted coarse dark blue grey tephra 1340
Sol143A 6 0.290 - 0.350 Reworked coarse dark tephra 1340
Landnám Tephra Sol143A 7 0.375 - 0.445 Fine to coarse olive brown tephra 1340
Sol143A 8 0.465 - 0.495 Reworked coarse black tephra 1340
Sol143A 9 0.495 - 0.555 Coarse black tephra 1340
Sol143A 10 0.580 - 0.580 Trace fine white tephra 1340
Sol143A 11 0.580 - 0.580 Trace fine black tephra 1340
Sol143A 12 0.600 - 0.610 Coarse dark tephra 1340
Sol143A 13 0.620 - 0.620 Trace coarse dark tephra 1340

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.

1340: Dugmore, A.J.  1987   Holocene glacier fluctuations around Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland: a tephrochronological study  University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen,114..

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This Tephrabase search was made on 5/7/2025 at 08:41:51 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.