Hovsdalur, Suduroy, Faroe Islands

Your search has found 8 tephra layers at Hovsdalur

Site Type Area Latitude Longitude Altitude (m)
Terrestrial Faroe Islands, Suduroy 61.5000°N 6.7830°W 185

 

*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
293 n/a 2.65 Russian peat corer
Hekla 1845 Tephra Hov 12-13 0.120 - 0.130 colourless to weak brown silicic to intermediate glass shards (*Cryptotephra) View Data 1580
Tjørnuvik A Tephra Hov 28-29A 0.280 - 0.290 colourless to weak brown silicic to intermediate glass shards (*Cryptotephra) View Data 1580
Landnám Tephra Hov 28-29B 0.280 - 0.290 Dark brown, basaltic shards (*Cryptotephra) View Data 1580
SILK-A1 Tephra Hov 42-43A 0.420 - 0.430 colourless to weak brown silicic to intermediate glass shards (*Cryptotephra) View Data 1580
Hov Tephra Hov 42-43B 0.420 - 0.430 Dark brown, basaltic shards (*Cryptotephra) View Data 1580
SILK-A7 Tephra Hov 63-64 0.630 - 0.640 colourless to weak brown silicic to intermediate glass shards (*Cryptotephra) View Data 1580
Suduroy Tephra Hov 87-88 0.870 - 0.880 colourless to weak brown silicic to intermediate glass shards (*Cryptotephra) View Data 1580
Hovsdalur Tephra Hov 249-255 2.490 - 2.550 colourless shards (*Cryptotephra) View Data 1580

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.

1580: Wastegard, S.  2002  Early to middle Holocene silicic tephra horizons from the Katla volcanic system, Iceland: new results from the Faroe Islands. Journal of Quaternary Science  17, 723-730..

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This Tephrabase search was made on 4/7/2025 at 18:24:50 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.