Landsmelar 2, Mývatnssveit, Iceland

Your search has found 30 tephra layers at Landsmelar 2

Site Type Area Latitude LongitudeGrid reference Altitude (m)
Terrestrial Iceland, Mývatnssveit 65.4019°N 17.3025°W 357

 

*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
1232 LDM2 n/a Soil section
Veiđivötn 1717 Tephra LDM2 1 0.450 - 0.455 Coarse dark tephra 5294
Veiđivötn 1477 Tephra LDM2 2 0.755 - 0.795 Fine grey tephra 5294
LDM2 3 0.805 - 0.810 Hekla 1300 Tephra - coarse dark tephra 5294
LDM2 4 0.830 - 0.830 Trace of patchy fine dark tephra 5294
LDM2 5 0.850 - 0.850 Trace of fine white tephra 5294
Landnám Tephra LDM2 6 0.870 - 0.875 Fine olive green tephra 5294
LDM2 7 0.885 - 0.895 Fine dark grey tephra 5294
LDM2 8 0.905 - 0.915 Fine black tephra (thickness between 1 and 3 cm) 5294
LDM2 9 0.920 - 0.925 Diffuse fine dark tephra 5294
LDM2 10 0.935 - 0.940 Coarse dark tephra 5294
LDM2 11 0.945 - 0.950 Patchy fine white tephra 5294
LDM2 12 0.980 - 0.990 Fine dark tephra 5294
LDM2 13 1.010 - 1.015 Fine dark tephra - disturbed layer 5294
Hekla 3 Tephra LDM2 14 1.045 - 1.105 Fine white tephra with root casts 20 to 40 cm appart 5294
LDM2 15 1.110 - 1.115 Coarse dark tephra 5294
LDM2 16 1.185 - 1.235 Disturbed Hekla 4 Tephra - patchy white tephra; maybe root casts ? 5294
LDM2 17 1.245 - 1.245 Trace of very patchy fine dark tephra 5294
LDM2 18 1.250 - 1.250 Trace of very patchy fine dark tephra 5294
LDM2 19 1.270 - 1.275 Patchy coarse dark tephra 5294
LDM2 20 1.315 - 1.315 Trace of patchy coarse dark tephra 5294
LDM2 21 1.335 - 1.335 Trace of patchy fine dark tephra 5294
LDM2 22 1.350 - 1.360 Coarse dark tephra (grainy) 5294
LDM2 23 1.370 - 1.395 Fine dark tephra - indurated/weathered red 5294
LDM2 24 1.405 - 1.425 Coarse dark to black tephra 5294
LDM2 25 1.435 - 1.450 Fine grey tephra 5294
LDM2 26 1.470 - 1.470 Trace of patchy coarse dark tephra 5294
LDM2 27 1.490 - 1.495 Patchy coarse dark tephra 5294
LDM2 28 1.515 - 1.525 Coarse dark tephra - weathered red 5294
LDM2 29 1.526 - 1.531 Diffuse fine white tephra 5294
LDM2 30 1.551 - 1.571 Coarse dark 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 21:13:53 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.