Sol17, Mýrdalshreppur, Iceland

Your search has found 32 tephra layers at Sol17

Site Type	Area	Latitude	Longitude	Altitude (m)
Terrestrial	Iceland, Mýrdalshreppur	63.5066°N	19.3726°W	120

*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
1326	Sol17	n/a	Soil section
				Katla 1823 Tephra	Sol17 1	0.430 - 0.455	Coarse dark tephra		1340
				Katla 1755 Tephra	Sol17 2	0.735 - 0.740	Fine to coarse black tephra		1340
					Sol17 3	1.150 - 1.155	Fine black tephra		1340
					Sol17 4	1.565 - 1.575	Coarse dark blue-black tephra		1340
					Sol17 5	1.745 - 1.750	Fine black tephra		1340
					Sol17 6	1.790 - 1.795	Coarse to very coarse dark brown tephra		1340
					Sol17 7	1.800 - 1.805	Fine grey tephra		1340
					Sol17 8	1.835 - 1.840	Fine dark tephra		1340
				Katla 1416 Tephra	Sol17 9	1.880 - 1.890	Patchy fine to coarse black tephra		1340
				Katla 1357 Tephra	Sol17 10	1.930 - 1.940			1340
				Hekla 1341 Tephra	Sol17 11	1.950 - 1.970			1340
					Sol17 12	2.250 - 2.265	Coarse blue black tephra		1340
					Sol17 13	2.275 - 2.285	Coarse dark brown to black tephra		1340
				Landnám Tephra	Sol17 14	2.305 - 2.315	Fine olive green tephra		1340
					Sol17 15	2.415 - 2.425	Fine black tephra		1340
					Sol17 16	2.595 - 2.715	Coarse black tephra, indurated		1340
				SILK-YN Tephra	Sol17 17	2.735 - 2.755	Fine yellow tephra, indurated		1340
					Sol17 18	2.835 - 2.955	Coarse black tephra, indurated		1340
					Sol17 19	3.025 - 3.045	Fine black tephra, indurated		1340
					Sol17 20	3.535 - 3.540	Coarse black tephra, indurated		1340
					Sol17 21	3.660 - 3.670	Diffuse coarse black tephra, indurated		1340
					Sol17 22	3.695 - 3.735	Coarse black tephra, indurated		1340
					Sol17 23	3.795 - 3.815	Coarse dark tephra, indurated		1340
				SILK-UN Tephra	Sol17 24	3.875 - 3.885	Indurated tephra		1340
					Sol17 25	3.900 - 3.905	Fine black tephra, indurated		1340
				Grained Layer	Sol17 26	3.930 - 3.940	Indurated tephra		1340
					Sol17 27	3.950 - 3.980	Coarse to very coarse black tephra, indurated		1340
					Sol17 28	4.000 - 4.010	Coarse to very coarse black tephra, indurated		1340
					Sol17 29	4.030 - 4.070	Coarse black tephra, indurated		1340
					Sol17 30	4.130 - 4.160	Coarse black tephra, indurated		1340
					Sol17 31	4.170 - 4.310	Coarse black tephra, indurated		1340
					Sol17 32	4.340 - 4.430	Coarse black tephra, indurated		1340

References

The data on this page is from the following source(s). If you use this data please acknowledge the source of the data. The number preceding each reference matches the Ref number on the data table above.

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 18:14:56 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.