Sol138, Rangárţing eystra, Iceland

Your search has found 50 tephra layers at Sol138

Site Type	Area	Latitude	Longitude	Altitude (m)
Terrestrial	Iceland, Rangárţing eystra	63.5179°N	19.4332°W	80

*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
1247	Sol138	n/a	Soil section
					Sol138 1	0.000 - 5.200	Massive tephra deposit		1340
					Sol138 2	5.240 - 5.380	Coarse black tephra		1340
					Sol138 3	5.440 - 5.440	Trace fine black tephra		1340
					Sol138 4	5.510 - 5.510	Trace fine dark tephra		1340
				Layer L	Sol138 5	5.590 - 5.880	Water sorted -very coarse to fine black tephra, idurated		1340
					Sol138 6	5.930 - 5.930	Trace fine black tephra		1340
					Sol138 7	5.950 - 5.950	Trace fine dark tephra		1340
					Sol138 8	6.010 - 6.010	Trace fine dark tephra		1340
					Sol138 9	6.050 - 6.070	Coarse black tephra		1340
					Sol138 10	6.090 - 6.130	Coarse black tephra		1340
					Sol138 11	6.190 - 6.210	Coarse dark tephra		1340
				SILK-UN Tephra	Sol138 12	6.250 - 6.255			1340
					Sol138 13	6.275 - 6.280	Fine dark tephra; 0.5cm layer, thickness can decrease to traces only		1340
				Grained Layer	Sol138 14	6.310 - 6.315			1340
					Sol138 15	6.345 - 6.355	Coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol138 16	6.385 - 6.390	Coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol138 17	6.410 - 6.450	Coarse black tephra		1340
					Sol138 18	6.500 - 6.530	Coarse black tephra		1340
					Sol138 19	6.550 - 6.590	Coarse black tephra		1340
					Sol138 20	6.610 - 6.650	Coarse black tephra		1340
					Sol138 21	6.750 - 6.770	Fine to coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol138 22	6.790 - 6.790	Trace fine dark tephra		1340
					Sol138 23	6.830 - 6.840	Vague coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol138 24	6.870 - 6.940	Coarse dark tephra		1340
				Layer K	Sol138 25	7.010 - 7.420	Very coarse to fine, bedded tephra - water sorted; fine tephra - indurated, coarse tephra - loosely consolidated		1340
					Sol138 26	7.440 - 7.450	Coarse dark tephra, weathered		1340
					Sol138 27	7.480 - 7.485	Fine blue grey tephra		1340
					Sol138 28	7.495 - 7.585	Coarse black tephra		1340
					Sol138 29	7.605 - 7.610	Vague fine dark tephra		1340
					Sol138 30	7.630 - 7.640	Coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol138 31	7.660 - 7.665	Vague coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol138 32	7.695 - 7.725	Coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol138 33	7.735 - 7.785	Coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol138 34	7.795 - 7.800	Fine black tephra		1340
					Sol138 35	7.805 - 7.810	Fine black tephra		1340
					Sol138 36	7.830 - 7.850	Coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol138 37	7.870 - 7.900	Coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol138 38	7.960 - 8.040	Coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol138 39	8.060 - 8.065	Fine black tephra		1340
					Sol138 40	8.095 - 8.115	Coarse black tephra		1340
					Sol138 41	8.145 - 8.145	Distinct trace fine black tephra		1340
					Sol138 42	8.150 - 8.155	Vague fine black tephra		1340
					Sol138 43	8.185 - 8.485	Very tough coarse dark tephra - water sorted; 30cm layer, thickness can increase to 40cm		1340
					Sol138 44	8.625 - 8.705	Coarse black tephra weathered red		1340
					Sol138 45	8.745 - 8.775	Coarse black tephra		1340
					Sol138 46	8.785 - 8.795	Fine black tephra		1340
					Sol138 47	8.815 - 8.825	Fine black tephra		1340
					Sol138 48	8.875 - 8.955	Coarse black tephra weathered red		1340
					Sol138 49	9.065 - 9.365	Very tough coarse dark tephra - water sorted; 30cm layer, thickness can increase to 40cm		1340
					Sol138 50	9.415 - 9.515	Coarse dark tephra weathered red (indurated)		1340

References

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1340: Dugmore, A.J. 1987 Holocene glacier fluctuations around Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland: a tephrochronological study University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen,114..

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This Tephrabase search was made on 4/7/2025 at 20:49:29 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.