Sellandagróf 1, Mývatnssveit, Iceland

Your search has found 10 tephra layers at Sellandagróf 1

Site Type Area Latitude Longitude Altitude (m)
Terrestrial Iceland, Mývatnssveit 65.4359°N 17.0624°W 410

 

*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
1212 Selland1 n/a Soil section
Veiđivötn 1717 Tephra Selland1 1 0.390 - 0.400 Coarse dark tephra 5294
Veiđivötn 1477 Tephra Selland1 2 0.490 - 0.530 Fine to coarse gray tephra 5294
Selland1 3 0.540 - 0.545 Coarse dark tephra 5294
Selland1 4 0.546 - 0.556 Coarse dark tephra 5294
Örćfajökull 1362 Tephra Selland1 5 0.556 - 0.556 Trace fine white tephra 5294
Selland1 6 0.576 - 0.576 Trace fine black tephra 5294
Selland1 7 0.586 - 0.596 Fine black tephra 5294
Selland1 8 0.616 - 0.616 Trace dark gray tephra 5294
V-Sv Tephra Selland1 9 0.641 - 0.661 Fine olive gray tephra 5294
Landnám Tephra Selland1 10 0.691 - 0.761 Fine olive green tephra 5294

References

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5294: Sigurđardóttir, R., Newton, A. J., Hicks, M. T., Dugmore, A. J., Hreinsson, V., Ogilvie, A. E. J., Júlíusson, Á. D., Einarsson, Á., Hartman, S., Simpson, I. A., Vésteinsson, O., and McGovern, T. M.   2019   Trolls, Water, Time, and Community: Resource Management in the Mývatn District of Northeast Iceland. Studies in Human Ecology, Vol. 11: Global Perspectives on Long Term Community Resource Management  Lozny, L. R. and McGovern, T. H., Springer International Publishing, New York,77-101. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-15800-2_5

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This Tephrabase search was made on 4/7/2025 at 21:24:52 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.