Abstract
A dark tephra layer, named “a”, is found in soils in East and Northeast Iceland. Its volume is approximately 2 km3 and it covers about 40% of Iceland. An isopach map and grain-size study suggests that the tephra deposit forms a distinctly two-lobed layer and was erupted in the year 1477 from the central volcano Kverkfjöll, at the northern margin of Vatnajökull.
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Benjamínsson, J. (1981). Tephra Layer “a”. In: Self, S., Sparks, R.S.J. (eds) Tephra Studies. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 75. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8537-7_20
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