Upper Seljalandsá 49, Rangárţing eystra, Iceland

Your search has found 8 tephra layers at Upper Seljalandsá 49

Site Type	Area	Latitude	Longitude	Altitude (m)
Terrestrial	Iceland, Rangárţing eystra	63.6274°N	19.8040°W	700

*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
1308	UpSjl 49	n/a	Soil section
				Hekla 1947 Tephra	UpSjl 49 1	0.040 - 0.085	Coarse dark tephra and red scoria		8105
				Katla 1918 Tephra	UpSjl 49 2	0.095 - 0.095	Trace fine black tephra		8105
				Eyjafjallajökull 1821 Tephra	UpSjl 49 3	0.130 - 0.130	Trace fine white tephra		8105
				Hekla 1510 Tephra	UpSjl 49 4	0.220 - 0.225	Coarse dark tephra and red scoria		8105
				Katla 1500 Tephra	UpSjl 49 5	0.225 - 0.245	Fine black tephra		8105
				Hekla 1341 Tephra	UpSjl 49 6	0.300 - 0.305	Fine blue grey tephra		8105
				Katla 920 Tephra	UpSjl 49 7	0.345 - 0.365	Coarse black tephra		8105
				Landnám Tephra	UpSjl 49 8	0.375 - 0.390	Fine olive green 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 18:51:51 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.