Site Type | Area | Latitude | Longitude | Altitude (m) |
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Terrestrial | Iceland, Mýrdalshreppur | 63.5490°N | 19.6389°W | 180 |
Profile | Tephra Layer | ||||||||
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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 |
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.