Upper Seljalandsá 48, Rangárţing eystra, Iceland

Your search has found 11 tephra layers at Upper Seljalandsá 48

Site Type Area Latitude Longitude Altitude (m)
Terrestrial Iceland, Rangárţing eystra 63.6267°N 19.8099°W 690

 

*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
1307 UpSjl 48 n/a Soil section
Hekla 1947 Tephra UpSjl 48 1 0.000 - 0.090 9cm layer split in 2 parts: upper 5cm - turf mixed with tephra; lower 4cm - very coarse to coarse dark tephra 8105
Eyjafjallajökull 1821 Tephra UpSjl 48 2 0.130 - 0.130 Trace fine white tephra 8105
UpSjl 48 3 0.170 - 0.170 Trace fine black tephra; unidentified Katla tephra 8105
Katla 1500 Tephra UpSjl 48 4 0.220 - 0.235 Coarse black tephra 8105
Hekla 1341 Tephra UpSjl 48 5 0.270 - 0.275 Fine blue grey tephra 8105
Katla 920 Tephra UpSjl 48 6 0.415 - 0.435 Coarse black tephra 8105
Landnám Tephra UpSjl 48 7 0.450 - 0.465 1.5cm layer split in two parts: upper 1.5cm of patchy fine olive green tephra; lower - trace of patchy fine white tephra 8105
UpSjl 48 8 0.480 - 0.485 Coarse dark tephra 8105
UpSjl 48 9 0.505 - 0.505 Trace of diffuse fine white tephra 8105
SILK-YN Tephra UpSjl 48 10 0.535 - 0.545 Fine yellow tephra 8105
UpSjl 48 11 0.575 - 0.640 Coarse black 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 18:39:23 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.