Site Type | Area | Latitude | Longitude | Altitude (m) |
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Terrestrial | Iceland, Mývatnssveit | 65.5080°N | 17.0721°W | 310 |
Profile | Tephra Layer | ||||||||
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No | Name | Profile Depth (m) | Type | Correlated name1 | Local name2 | Tephra Depth (m) | Comments | Geochemical data | Ref |
1229 | WSS5-A | n/a | Soil Section | ||||||
Veiđivötn 1717 Tephra | WSS5-A 1 | 0.430 - 0.435 | Coarse dark tephra | 5294 | |||||
Veiđivötn 1477 Tephra | WSS5-A 2 | 0.490 - 0.525 | Fine gray black tephra | 5294 | |||||
WSS5-A 3 | 0.585 - 0.585 | Hekla 1158 Tephra/ Hekla 1104 Tephra? - trace of very patchy fine white tephra | 5294 | ||||||
V-Sv Tephra | WSS5-A 4 | 0.610 - 0.620 | Fine olive green tephra | 5294 | |||||
Landnám Tephra | WSS5-A 5 | 0.630 - 0.635 | Patchy fine light olive green tephra | 5294 | |||||
WSS5-A 6 | 0.640 - 0.645 | Fine dark green tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-A 7 | 0.650 - 0.655 | Fine olive green tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-A 8 | 0.656 - 0.661 | Patchy coarse dark brown tephra with root casts | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-A 9 | 0.676 - 0.681 | Fine olive black tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-A 10 | 0.686 - 0.686 | Trace coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-A 11 | 0.711 - 0.721 | Coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-A 12 | 0.731 - 0.736 | Patchy coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-A 13 | 0.741 - 0.741 | Trace of patchy fine white tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-A 14 | 0.786 - 0.801 | Diffuse coarse black tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-A 15 | 0.811 - 0.826 | Coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-A 16 | 0.836 - 0.836 | Trace of very patchy coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-A 17 | 0.846 - 0.856 | Diffuse coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-A 18 | 0.866 - 0.866 | Trace coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
Hverfjall Tephra | WSS5-A 19 | 0.871 - 0.906 | Coarse dark tephra combed; lower margin extending 1cm below layer | 5294 | |||||
Hekla 3 Tephra | WSS5-A 20 | 0.936 - 1.006 | even layer | 5294 | |||||
WSS5-A 21 | 1.016 - 1.016 | Trace coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
1230 | WSS5-B | n/a | Soil Section | ||||||
Veiđivötn 1717 Tephra | WSS5-B 1 | 0.470 - 0.475 | Coarse dark tephra | 5294 | |||||
Veiđivötn 1477 Tephra | WSS5-B 2 | 0.525 - 0.545 | Fine to coarse dark tephra | 5294 | |||||
WSS5-B 3 | 0.560 - 0.565 | Very patchy coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-B 4 | 0.610 - 0.610 | Hekla 1158 Tephra/ Hekla 1104 Tephra? - trace of patchy fine white tephra | 5294 | ||||||
V-Sv Tephra | WSS5-B 5 | 0.635 - 0.645 | Fine olive green tephra | 5294 | |||||
Landnám Tephra | WSS5-B 6 | 0.655 - 0.655 | Trace of very diffuse fine light olive green tephra | 5294 | |||||
WSS5-B 7 | 0.665 - 0.675 | Fine to coarse dark gray tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-B 8 | 0.676 - 0.676 | Trace of patchy fine olive green tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-B 9 | 0.677 - 0.682 | Patchy diffuse coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-B 10 | 0.712 - 0.717 | Patchy coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-B 11 | 0.742 - 0.747 | Coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-B 12 | 0.757 - 0.757 | Trace of patchy coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-B 13 | 0.762 - 0.762 | Trace of fine white tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-B 14 | 0.802 - 0.807 | Patchy coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-B 15 | 0.812 - 0.817 | Patchy coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-B 16 | 0.832 - 0.847 | Diffuse coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-B 17 | 0.852 - 0.857 | Coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-B 18 | 0.862 - 0.867 | Patchy coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-B 19 | 0.877 - 0.882 | Coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-B 20 | 0.897 - 0.902 | Patchy coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
Hverfjall Tephra | WSS5-B 21 | 0.907 - 0.942 | Coarse dark tephra | 5294 | |||||
WSS5-B 22 | 0.947 - 0.947 | Trace of very patchy coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
WSS5-B 23 | 0.952 - 0.952 | Trace of patchy coarse dark tephra | 5294 | ||||||
Hekla 3 Tephra | WSS5-B 24 | 0.967 - 1.047 | Fine white tephra - very even layer | 5294 | |||||
WSS5-B 25 | 1.057 - 1.057 | Trace of coarse dark tephra | 5294 |
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.
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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