Sellandagróf 2, Mývatnssveit, Iceland

Your search has found 26 tephra layers at Sellandagróf 2

Site Type Area Latitude Longitude Altitude (m)
Terrestrial Iceland, Mývatnssveit 65.4331°N 17.0767°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
1213 Selland2a n/a Peat section
Veiđivötn 1477 Tephra Selland2a 1 0.710 - 1.410 Dark grey tephra - bedded tephra 5294
Selland2a 2 1.460 - 1.660 Disturbed peat/tephra - thickness in between 10 and 40cm; 20cm average layer thickness 5294
V-Sv Tephra Selland2a 3 1.660 - 1.680 Fine olive green tephra 5294
Landnám Tephra Selland2a 4 1.690 - 1.705 Fine olive green tephra 5294
Selland2a 5 1.720 - 1.735 Reworked coarse dark tephra 5294
Selland2a 6 1.735 - 1.750 Coarse dark tephra 5294
Selland2a 7 1.755 - 1.760 Olive green tephra 5294
Selland2a 8 1.765 - 1.775 Coarse dark tephra 5294
Selland2a 9 1.805 - 1.820 Coarse dark tephra 5294
Selland2a 10 1.830 - 1.840 Coarse black tephra 5294
Selland2a 11 1.860 - 1.870 Diffuse coarse black tephra 5294
Selland2a 12 1.895 - 1.910 Peat and reworked fine dark tephra 5294
Selland2a 13 1.910 - 1.920 Coarse dark tephra 5294
Selland2a 14 1.935 - 1.945 Coarse dark tephra 5294
Selland2a 15 1.955 - 1.960 Diffuse coarse dark tephra 5294
Selland2a 16 1.975 - 1.995 Diffuse coarse dark tephra 5294
Selland2a 17 2.055 - 2.065 Coarse dark tephra 5294
Selland2a 18 2.075 - 2.075 Trace coarse dark tephra 5294
Selland2a 19 2.090 - 2.100 Coarse dark tephra 5294
Selland2a 20 2.115 - 2.120 Coarse black tephra 5294
Selland2a 21 2.130 - 2.130 Trace coarse dark tephra 5294
Selland2a 22 2.170 - 2.180 Fine white tephra 5294
Selland2a 23 2.180 - 2.185 Coarse dark tephra 5294
Selland2a 24 2.190 - 2.195 Coarse dark tephra 5294
Hverfjall Tephra Selland2a 25 2.205 - 2.220 Coarse to very coarse black tephra 5294
Hekla 3 Tephra Selland2a 26 2.310 - 2.810 Fine white tephra 5294
1235 Selland2b n/a Peat section - 25m downstream from Selland2a - Hekla 3 tephra used to link the two profiles.

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 19:45:15 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.