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The Hekla 1222 eruption from the Hekla Volcanic System

Summary

The volume of tephra is calculated as freshly fallen. This eruption was silicic, although there are no known deposits outside of Iceland. Little is known about this eruption including its precise date.

References

The data on this page is from the following source(s). If you use this data please acknowledge the source of the data.

Larsen, G., Dugmore, A., J. and Newton, A.J. (1999) Geochemistry of historic silicic tephras in Iceland. The Holocene  9(4), 463-471.

Simkin, T., Siebert, L., Blong, R.J. and Russell, J. (1994) Volcanoes of the world : a regional directory, gazetteer, and chronology of volcanism during the last 10,000 years  Geoscience Press, Tucson, with the Smithsonian Institution,349.

Thorarinsson, S. (1967) The eruption of Hekla in historical times. A tephrochronological study. The eruption of Hekla 1947-1948  I, 1-183

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This Tephrabase search was made on 6/8/2025 at 14:18:35 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.