Kr�k�botnar, M�vatnssveit, Iceland

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This page contains the results of your search. It is divided into two sections. The first contains information about any tephra layers present at the site and the second part contains details about the source references and the date and time of the search.

Your search has found 16 tephra layers at Kr�k�botnar, profile no 1217

Site Type	Area	Latitude	Longitude	Altitude (m)
Terrestrial	Iceland, M�vatnssveit	65.3238°N	17.0941°W	410

Profile				Tephra Layer
No	Name	Total Profile Depth (m)	Type	Correlated name¹	Local name²	Tephra Depth (m)	Comments	Geochemical data	Ref
1217	Kr�k�botnar	n/a	Soil Profile
				Vei�iv�tn 1717 Tephra	Kr�k�rbotnar 1	1.800 - 1.810	Coarse dark tephra		5294
					Kr�k�rbotnar 2	1.880 - 1.880	Coarse dark tephra		5294
				Vei�iv�tn 1477 Tephra	Kr�k�rbotnar 3	1.890 - 2.020	Coarse dark tephra		5294
				Vei�iv�tn 1159 Tephra	Kr�k�rbotnar 4	2.020 - 2.030	Coarse dark tephra		5294
				Hekla 1158 Tephra	Kr�k�rbotnar 5	2.030 - 2.030	Coarse dark tephra		5294
				V-Sv Tephra	Kr�k�rbotnar 6	2.070 - 2.090	Coarse dark tephra		5294
				Landn�m Tephra	Kr�k�rbotnar 7	2.100 - 2.100	Coarse dark tephra		5294
					Kr�k�rbotnar 8	2.110 - 2.120	Coarse dark tephra		5294
					Kr�k�rbotnar 9	2.130 - 2.140	Coarse dark tephra		5294
					Kr�k�rbotnar 10	2.140 - 2.140	Coarse dark tephra		5294
					Kr�k�rbotnar 11	2.160 - 2.170	Coarse dark tephra		5294
					Kr�k�rbotnar 12	2.220 - 2.240	Coarse dark tephra		5294
					Kr�k�rbotnar 13	2.240 - 2.240	Coarse dark tephra		5294
				Hekla 3 Tephra	Kr�k�rbotnar 14	2.390 - 2.490	Coarse dark tephra		5294
					Kr�k�rbotnar 15	2.590 - 2.610	Coarse dark tephra		5294
				Hekla 4 Tephra	Kr�k�rbotnar 16	2.670 - 2.760	Coarse dark tephra		5294

Notes

*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.

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.

5294: Sigur�ard�ttir, R., Newton, A. J., Hicks, M. T., Dugmore, A. J., Hreinsson, V., Ogilvie, A. E. J., J�l�usson, �. D., Einarsson, �., Hartman, S., Simpson, I. A., V�steinsson, O., and McGovern, T. M. 2019 Trolls, Water, Time, and Community: Resource Management in the M�vatn District of Northeast Iceland. Studies in Human Ecology, Vol. 11: Global Perspectives on Long Term Community Resource Management Lozny, L. R. and McGovern, T. H., Springer International Publishing, New York,77-101. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-15800-2_5

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This Tephrabase search was made on 30/4/2025 at 11:16:44 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.