Seljaland3, Rangárţing eystra, Iceland

Your search has found 14 tephra layers at Seljaland3

Site Type Area Latitude Longitude Altitude (m)
Terrestrial Iceland, Rangárţing eystra 63.6138°N 19.9882°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
1283 Sjl3 n/a Soil pit
Hekla 1947 Tephra Sjl3 1 0.080 - 0.090 Coarse dark tephra 8105
Eyjafjallajökull 1821 Tephra Sjl3 2 0.270 - 0.270 Trace fine white tephra 8105
Sjl3 3 0.420 - 0.420 Trace fine black tephra; 18th century Katla tephra: 1721 or 1755 8105
Hekla 1510 Tephra Sjl3 4 0.600 - 0.605 Coarse dark tephra 8105
Katla 1500 Tephra Sjl3 5 0.610 - 0.620 Coarse black tephra 8105
Katla 920 Tephra Sjl3 6 0.820 - 0.830 Patchy coarse dark tephra, tree casts? 8105
Landnám Tephra Sjl3 7 0.850 - 0.855 Patchy fine olive brown tephra 8105
Sjl3 8 0.915 - 0.925 Vague fine dark tephra 8105
Sjl3 9 1.015 - 1.045 Coarse dark tephra 8105
Sjl3 10 1.050 - 1.060 Discontinuous fine black tephra 8105
Sjl3 11 1.130 - 1.150 Coarse dark tephra 8105
Sjl3 12 1.180 - 1.230 Coarse black tephra, indurated 8105
Sjl3 13 1.250 - 1.270 Coarse dark tephra 8105
Sjl3 14 1.350 - 1.360 Patchy coarse dark 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 19:19:28 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.