Ketilsstaðir, Mýrdalshreppur, Iceland

Your search has found 13 tephra layers at Ketilsstaðir, profile no 1366

Site Type	Area	Latitude	Longitude	Grid reference	Altitude (m)
Terrestrial	Iceland, Mýrdalshreppur	63.4336°N	19.1663°W		90

*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
1366	KET1	1.15	peat monolith
				Hekla 1597 Tephra	KET1A	0.380 - 0.390		View Data	2668
				Katla 1580 Tephra	KET1B	0.390 - 0.400		View Data	2668
				Katla 1500 Tephra	KET1C	0.420 - 0.430		View Data	2668
					KET1D	0.460 - 0.470		View Data	2668
				Katla 1416 Tephra	KET1E	0.490 - 0.500		View Data	2668
				Katla 1357 Tephra	KET1F	0.590 - 0.690		View Data	2668
				Hekla 1341 Tephra	KET1G	0.710 - 0.710		View Data	2668
				Hekla 1300 Tephra	KET1H	0.730 - 0.780		View Data	2668
					KET1?	0.820 - 0.820			2668
				Eldgjá Tephra	KET1I	0.940 - 0.960		View Data	2668
				Katla 920 Tephra	KET1J	0.970 - 0.980		View Data	2668
				Landnám Tephra	KET1K	1.010 - 1.020		View Data	2668
					KET1L	1.040 - 1.060		View Data	2668

References

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2668: Erlendsson, E, Edwards, KJ and Buckland, PC 2009 Vegetational response to human colonisation of the coastal and volcanic environments of Ketilsstadir, southern Iceland. Quaternary Research 72, 174-187.

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