Sandfell 2, Mývatnssveit, Iceland

Your search has found 18 tephra layers at Sandfell 2

Site Type Area Latitude Longitude Altitude (m)
Terrestrial Iceland, Mývatnssveit 65.5356°N 17.2206°W 431

 

*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
1234 SF2 n/a Soil section
Veiđivötn 1717 Tephra SF2 1 0.855 - 0.860 Coarse dark tephra 8105
SF2 2 0.950 - 0.950 Trace of patchy coarse dark tephra 8105
Veiđivötn 1477 Tephra SF2 3 0.950 - 0.970 2cm layer divided in two parts: 1cm upper part - soil/tephra mix; 1cm lower part - coarse green grey tephra, diffuse in the upper part 8105
SF2 4 0.980 - 0.985 Coarse dark tephra 8105
Örćfajökull 1362 Tephra SF2 5 0.995 - 0.995 Trace of very patchy fine white tephra 8105
Veiđivötn 1159 Tephra SF2 6 1.030 - 1.040 Fine olive green tephra 8105
Hekla 1158 Tephra SF2 7 1.040 - 1.040 Trace of very patchy fine white tephra 8105
Hekla 1104 Tephra SF2 8 1.055 - 1.055 Trace fine white tephra 8105
SF2 9 1.070 - 1.070 Trace fine dark tephra 8105
V-Sv Tephra SF2 10 1.090 - 1.100 Fine olive green tephra 8105
Landnám Tephra SF2 11 1.110 - 1.110 Trace of fine olive green tephra 8105
SF2 12 1.120 - 1.135 Fine to coarse grey tephra 8105
SF2 13 1.136 - 1.136 Trace of fine olive green tephra 8105
SF2 14 1.137 - 1.157 Coarse black tephra 8105
SF2 15 1.167 - 1.177 Coarse green brown tephra 8105
SF2 16 1.212 - 1.212 Trace of patchy coarse dark tephra 8105
Hekla 3 Tephra SF2 17 2.042 - 2.082 Fine white tephra 8105
Hekla 4 Tephra SF2 18 2.242 - 2.287 4.5cm layer dived into two: 2.5cm upper part - fine dark tephra, 2cm lower part - fine white tephra 8105

References

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8105: Anthony Newton and Andrew Dugmore  2018  Institute of Geography, School of GeoScience, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9XP UK

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This Tephrabase search was made on 4/7/2025 at 19:04:41 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.