Sol38, Mırdalshreppur, Iceland

Your search has found 16 tephra layers at Sol38

Site Type Area Latitude Longitude Altitude (m)
Terrestrial Iceland, Mırdalshreppur 63.5119°N 19.3384°W 130

 

*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
1329 Sol38 n/a Soil section
Hekla 1947 Tephra Sol38 1 0.040 - 0.045 Very coarse dark tephra 1340
Katla 1823 Tephra Sol38 2 0.245 - 0.250 Coarse black tephra 1340
Sol38 3 0.530 - 0.535 Fine black tephra 1340
Sol38 4 0.745 - 0.750 Fine black tephra 1340
Sol38 5 0.790 - 0.790 Trace fine black tephra 1340
Sol38 6 0.800 - 0.805 Fine dark tephra 1340
Katla 1357 Tephra Sol38 7 0.825 - 0.835 Coarse dark tephra 1340
Hekla 1341 Tephra Sol38 8 0.845 - 0.855 Fine blue grey tephra 1340
Hekla 1300 Tephra Sol38 9 0.870 - 0.875 Fine to coarse dark tephra 1340
Sol38 10 0.985 - 1.005 Coarse grey blue black tephra 1340
Sol38 11 1.010 - 1.035 Coarse dark tephra 1340
Landnám Tephra Sol38 12 1.045 - 1.055 Fine olive green tephra 1340
Sol38 13 1.425 - 1.505 Coarse black tephra 1340
SILK-YN Tephra Sol38 14 1.515 - 1.545 Fine yellow tephra 1340
Sol38 15 1.585 - 1.635 Coarse black tephra 1340
Sol38 16 1.715 - 1.735 Fine black tephra 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 18:02:57 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.