This map displays all of the Mexican sites with tephra layers stored in Tephrabase. To view details of a site click on an item. The site name is displayed when the cursor is placed above an icon. Use the controls on the maps to zoom in and out.
Tephrabase has details of tephra layers at 16 sites within central Mexico.
More information about the sites (including tephra layers and geochemistry) displayed on the map above can be obtained by clicking on the symbols and then the site name which appears in the bubble. Use the zoom and drag controls to change your view - you might need to zoom out to display a basemap, where a high resolution image is not available. Alternative basemaps are available by clicking on the right-hand + symbol. You can also click on any site names in the list below for more information.
From the start Tephrabase has included a mapping feature. In 1995, when Tephrabase was launched, we originally used the XeroxPARC Map Viewer for displaying the locations of sites. This early web mapping service was discontinued in the early 2000s. For several years Google Maps was the means of showing locations. Tephrabase now uses OpenLayers as its main mapping system, through which a variety of basemaps are available including Bing and OpenStreetMaps. A variety of satellite images and maps are therefore available.
All of the data contained in this database is either published or donated. When using the data, acknowledgement must be made of the original source of the data and that the data was obtained from Tephrabase. See Copyright information.
This Tephrabase search was made on 4/7/2025 at 03:50:07 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.