Sol43, Mýrdalshreppur, Iceland

Your search has found 41 tephra layers at Sol43

Site Type Area Latitude Longitude Altitude (m)
Terrestrial Iceland, Mýrdalshreppur 63.5490°N 19.6389°W 180

 

*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
1333 Sol43 n/a Soil section
Hekla 1947 Tephra Sol43 1 0.070 - 0.080 Very coarse dark tephra 1340
Katla 1918 Tephra Sol43 2 0.150 - 0.155 Fine blue tephra 1340
Eyjafjallajökull 1821 Tephra Sol43 3 0.315 - 0.315 Trace fine white tephra 1340
Sol43 4 0.445 - 0.450 Fine blue tephra; thickness can decrease to traces only 1340
Sol43 5 0.580 - 0.585 Fine blue tephra; thickness can decrease to traces only 1340
Sol43 6 0.775 - 0.780 Fine blue tephra 1340
Sol43 7 0.880 - 0.885 Fine blue tephra 1340
Sol43 8 0.925 - 0.925 Trace coarse blue tephra 1340
Sol43 9 0.985 - 0.985 Trace fine blue tephra 1340
Hekla 1341 Tephra Sol43 10 1.135 - 1.145 Fine blue grey tephra 1340
Hekla 1300 Tephra Sol43 11 1.185 - 1.185 Fine blue tephra 1340
Sol43 12 1.655 - 1.670 Coarse dark tephra 1340
Landnám Tephra Sol43 13 1.680 - 1.690 Diffuse fine olive green tephra 1340
Sol43 14 1.740 - 1.740 Trace fine white tephra 1340
Sol43 15 1.890 - 1.900 Patchy fine dark tephra 1340
Sol43 16 1.920 - 1.930 Fine blue tephra 1340
Sol43 17 1.950 - 1.980 Coarse dark tephra 1340
Sol43 18 2.060 - 2.070 Diffuse coarse blue tephra 1340
SILK-UN Tephra Sol43 19 2.110 - 2.110 Trace of tephra 1340
Sol43 20 2.120 - 2.130 Very coarse dark tephra 1340
Grained Layer Sol43 21 2.140 - 2.145 Diffuse tephra 1340
Sol43 22 2.155 - 2.175 Coarse dark tephra 1340
Sol43 23 2.205 - 2.225 Coarse dark tephra 1340
Sol43 24 2.275 - 2.285 Patchy fine dark tephra 1340
Sol43 25 2.335 - 2.345 Diffuse fine dark tephra 1340
Sol43 26 2.375 - 2.385 Diffuse very coarse dark tephra 1340
Sol43 27 2.395 - 2.405 Diffuse coarse dark tephra 1340
Sol43 28 2.435 - 2.475 Coarse blue tephra 1340
Sol43 29 2.555 - 2.555 Trace of tephra 1340
Sol43 30 2.645 - 2.645 Trace of tephra 1340
Sol43 31 2.685 - 2.715 Patchy coarse dark tephra 1340
Sol43 32 2.715 - 2.735 Diffuse fine dark tephra 1340
Sol43 33 2.765 - 2.775 Fine blue tephra 1340
Sol43 34 2.945 - 2.975 Fine blue tephra 1340
Sol43 35 3.205 - 3.255 Coarse dark red tephra 1340
Sol43 36 3.255 - 3.265 Fine light tephra 1340
Sol43 37 3.275 - 3.295 Diffuse fine blue tephra 1340
Sol43 38 3.315 - 3.345 Tephra layer divided in 3 parts, each 1cm thick, from top to bottom: coarse dark tephra, coarse blue tephra, fine white tephra 1340
Sol43 39 3.365 - 3.375 Fine dark tephra; thickness can decrease to traces only 1340
Sol43 40 3.705 - 3.715 Fine red tephra 1340
Sol43 41 3.725 - 3.735 Fine blue 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 19:59:25 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.