Sol39, Mırdalshreppur, Iceland

Your search has found 24 tephra layers at Sol39

Site Type Area Latitude Longitude Altitude (m)
Terrestrial Iceland, Mırdalshreppur 63.5736°N 19.6232°W 440

 

*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
1331 Sol39 n/a Soil section
Hekla 1947 Tephra Sol39 1 0.040 - 0.050 Coarse dark tephra 1340
Katla 1918 Tephra Sol39 2 0.080 - 0.090 Fine black tephra 1340
Katla 1823 Tephra Sol39 3 0.160 - 0.165 Patchy fine white tephra 1340
Sol39 4 0.315 - 0.320 Patchy fine dark tephra 1340
Sol39 5 0.340 - 0.360 Fine black tephra 1340
Katla 1357 Tephra Sol39 6 0.390 - 0.395 Fine dark tephra 1340
Hekla 1341 Tephra Sol39 7 0.400 - 0.400 Trace fine dark tephra 1340
Katla 920 Tephra Sol39 8 0.540 - 0.560 Coarse dark tephra 1340
Landnám Tephra Sol39 9 0.580 - 0.590 Fine olive green tephra 1340
Ey Ha/b Tephra Sol39 10 0.660 - 0.680 Fine to coarse yellow white tephra 1340
SILK-YN Tephra Sol39 11 0.740 - 0.770 Fine yellow tephra 1340
Sol39 12 0.800 - 0.830 CDKT, patchy; thickness can increase to 15cm 1340
Sol39 13 0.880 - 0.910 Coarse dark tephra 1340
Sol39 14 0.930 - 0.960 Fine black tephra 1340
Sol39 15 0.990 - 1.020 Coarse dark tephra 1340
Sol39 16 1.050 - 1.070 Coarse dark tephra 1340
Sol39 17 1.110 - 1.110 Trace fine dark tephra 1340
Sol39 18 1.210 - 1.240 Coarse dark tephra 1340
Sol39 19 1.260 - 1.270 Coarse dark tephra 1340
Sol39 20 1.280 - 1.300 Coarse dark tephra 1340
SILK-UN Tephra Sol39 21 1.320 - 1.325 1340
Sol39 22 1.345 - 1.365 Coarse to very coarse dark tephra 1340
Grained Layer Sol39 23 1.385 - 1.395 1340
Sol39 24 1.415 - 1.425 Coarse dark 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 20:46:37 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.