Sol145, Rangárŝing eystra, Iceland

Your search has found 19 tephra layers at Sol145

Site Type Area Latitude Longitude Altitude (m)
Terrestrial Iceland, Rangárŝing eystra 63.4892°N 19.3133°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
1256 Sol145 n/a Soil section
Katla 1918 Tephra Sol145 1 0.180 - 0.185 Coarse black tephra 1340
Katla 1823 Tephra Sol145 2 0.245 - 0.265 Coarse black tephra 1340
Sol145 3 0.265 - 0.355 In the middle of layer there is a change into peat from fine to coarse tephra, texture: 4cm from bottom - trace of fine black tephra - Katla 1755 Tephra? 1340
Sol145 4 0.355 - 0.365 Fine grey tephra; 1cm layer, thickness can decrease to traces only 1340
Sol145 5 0.395 - 0.400 Fine black tephra 1340
Sol145 6 0.410 - 0.415 Fine olive brown tephra; 0.5cm layer, thickness can decrease to traces only 1340
Sol145 7 0.420 - 0.425 Fine black tephra 1340
Katla 1416 Tephra Sol145 8 0.445 - 0.450 Fine black tephra; 0.5cm layer, thickness can increase to 1cm 1340
Katla 1357 Tephra Sol145 9 0.480 - 0.560 Coarse black tephra; 8cm layer, top 6cm - tephra mixed with organic material 1340
Hekla 1341 Tephra Sol145 10 0.565 - 0.575 Fine blue grey tephra 1340
Hekla 1300 Tephra Sol145 11 0.585 - 0.590 Fine to coarse blue grey tephra 1340
Sol145 12 0.600 - 1.500 Coarse to very coarse dark tephra, weathered orange; possibly Katla 920 Tephra - airfall/flood origin? 1340
Landnám Tephra Sol145 13 1.570 - 1.585 Fine olive brown tephra 1340
Sol145 14 1.685 - 1.885 Coarse black tephra and stones (flood channels possibly?) 1340
Sol145 15 1.885 - 2.085 Coarse black tephra 1340
Sol145 16 2.275 - 2.375 Coarse black tephra; Skogar Sandur pumice 1340
Sol145 17 2.635 - 2.695 Coarse black tephra 1340
Sol145 18 2.730 - 2.750 Fine yellow tephra 1340
Sol145 19 2.870 - 2.910 Fine to coarse black tephra 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 18:51:51 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.