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| Source: | Hekla Volcanic System |
|---|---|
| Eruption site: | Hekla |
| VEI: | 4 |
| Lava volume: | n/a |
| Tephra volume: | 0.300 km3 |
| Start Date: | 13 February 1693 AD 18:00 |
| End: | n/a |
The volume of tephra is calculated as freshly fallen. This eruption was silicic, although there are no known deposits outside of Iceland. This eruption last between 7 and 10.5 months. The initial Plinian phase, which lasted about one hour, produced most of the tephra (90%). Most of the tephra was carried to the WNW of the island. The tephra fall caused widespread damage with fish, livestock and birds dying as a result of fluorosis.
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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