Sol139, Rangárţing eystra, Iceland

Your search has found 42 tephra layers at Sol139

Site Type	Area	Latitude	Longitude	Altitude (m)
Terrestrial	Iceland, Rangárţing eystra	63.5227°N	19.4195°W	100

*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
1248	Sol139A	n/a	Soil section
					Sol139A 1	0.000 - 0.800	very coarse black pumice, surface with scatter of lithic clasts angular to subangular		1340
					Sol139A 2	0.890 - 0.990	Coarse black tephra		1340
					Sol139A 3	1.010 - 1.030	Fine yellow tephra		1340
					Sol139A 4	1.120 - 1.250	Coarse black tephra		1340
					Sol139A 5	1.390 - 1.390	Trace fine black tephra		1340
				Layer L	Sol139A 6	1.480 - 2.240	Coarse to very coarse water sorted black tephra		1340
					Sol139A 7	2.360 - 2.380	Coarse black tephra (indurated)		1340
					Sol139A 8	2.410 - 2.450	Coarse black tephra (indurated)		1340
					Sol139A 9	2.530 - 2.550	Coarse black tephra		1340
				SILK-UN Tephra	Sol139A 10	2.600 - 2.605	0.5cm layer, thickness can decrease to trace only		1340
					Sol139A 11	2.615 - 2.625	Coarse dark tephra		1340
				Grained Layer	Sol139A 12	2.665 - 2.670			1340
					Sol139A 13	2.700 - 2.720	Coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol139A 14	2.760 - 2.780	Coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol139A 15	2.800 - 2.830	Coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol139A 16	2.880 - 2.940	Coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol139A 17	2.960 - 3.000	Coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol139A 18	3.020 - 3.060	Coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol139A 19	3.090 - 3.090	Distinctive trace of fine black tephra		1340
					Sol139A 20	3.130 - 3.135	Vague coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol139A 21	3.175 - 3.185	Coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol139A 22	3.215 - 3.235	Coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol139A 23	3.275 - 3.285	Coarse dark tephra		1340
				Layer K	Sol139A 24	3.305 - 4.805	Coarse dark tephra		1340
1249	Sol139B	n/a	Soil section
					Sol139B 1	0.040 - 0.050	Fine black tephra		1340
					Sol139B 2	0.070 - 0.080	Fine black tephra		1340
					Sol139B 3	0.110 - 0.125	Fine black tephra		1340
					Sol139B 4	0.145 - 0.225	Coarse black tephra		1340
					Sol139B 5	0.250 - 0.270	Coarse black tephra		1340
					Sol139B 6	0.330 - 0.380	Fine to coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol139B 7	0.410 - 0.430	Fine dark tephra		1340
					Sol139B 8	0.530 - 0.550	Fine dark tephra		1340
					Sol139B 9	0.660 - 0.770	Coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol139B 10	0.780 - 0.860	Coarse black tephra		1340
					Sol139B 11	0.890 - 0.910	Vague coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol139B 12	0.920 - 0.940	Vague coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol139B 13	0.980 - 1.070	Coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol139B 14	1.130 - 1.140	Coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol139B 15	1.145 - 1.155	Diffuse fine dark tephra		1340
					Sol139B 16	1.165 - 1.170	Fine dark tephra		1340
					Sol139B 17	1.280 - 1.480	Coarse to very coarse dark tephra		1340
					Sol139B 18	1.520 - 1.550	Coarse dark tephra		1340

References

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.

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

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