Seljaland11, Rangárţing eystra, Iceland

Your search has found 11 tephra layers at Seljaland11

Site Type Area Latitude Longitude Altitude (m)
Terrestrial Iceland, Rangárţing eystra 63.6128°N 19.9870°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
1292 Sjl11 n/a Soil pit
Hekla 1947 Tephra Sjl11 1 0.080 - 0.090 Very coarse dark tephra 8105
Katla 1918 Tephra Sjl11 2 0.170 - 0.170 Trace fine black tephra 8105
Eyjafjallajökull 1821 Tephra Sjl11 3 0.500 - 0.500 Trace fine white tephra - wave in tephra below surface thurfur 8105
Katla 1755 Tephra Sjl11 4 0.890 - 0.890 Trace fine brown tephra - flat layer 8105
Hekla 1510 Tephra Sjl11 5 1.360 - 1.365 Very coarse dark tephra 8105
Katla 1500 Tephra Sjl11 6 1.370 - 1.380 Coarse black tephra 8105
Katla 920 Tephra Sjl11 7 1.480 - 1.490 Patchy coarse brown dark tephra and tree casts 8105
Landnám Tephra Sjl11 8 1.495 - 1.500 Patchy fine olive green tephra and tree casts 8105
Sjl11 9 1.620 - 1.640 Coarse dark tephra 8105
Sjl11 10 1.710 - 1.730 Coarse dark tephra 8105
Sjl11 11 1.760 - 1.820 Coarse black tephra, indurated 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 18:00:23 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.