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| Source: | Hekla Volcanic System |
|---|---|
| Eruption site: | Hekla |
| VEI: | 4 |
| Lava volume: | 0.8 km3 |
| Tephra volume: | 0.180 km3 |
| Start Date: | 29 March 1947 AD 06:00 |
| End: | 01 April 1948 AD |
The eruption of 1947 was similiar, if slightly smaller to the eruption of 1510, occurred after a very long repose period of 102 years. Tephra from this eruption famously fell over the Aland archipelago in the Baltic and in Finland. It was also noted falling on ships to the south of Iceland, but does not appear to have fallen on the British Isles, Norway or Sweden. The volume of tephra is shown as freshly fallen.
The data on this page is from the following source(s). If you use this data please acknowledge the source of the data.
Salmi, M. (1948) The Hekla ashfalls in Finland. Suomen Geologinen Seura 21, 87-96
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. (1954) The tephra fall from Hekla on March 29 1947. The eruption of Hekla 1947-1948 II/3, 1-68
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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