Dates of Holocene Icelandic volcanic eruptions from tephra layers in Irish peats

Tephra from historic and prehistoric eruptions of Oraefajøkull and Hekla, Iceland, have been found in Irish peats. Using a series of stratigraphically related high-precision radiocarbon measure ments, the date of a known-age eruption has been satisfactorily estimated. Based on the same techniques, t...

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Published in:The Holocene
Main Authors: Pilcher, J.R., Hall, V.A., McCormac, F.G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 1995
Subjects:
Hekla
Iceland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095968369500500111
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/095968369500500111
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Summary:Tephra from historic and prehistoric eruptions of Oraefajøkull and Hekla, Iceland, have been found in Irish peats. Using a series of stratigraphically related high-precision radiocarbon measure ments, the date of a known-age eruption has been satisfactorily estimated. Based on the same techniques, the calendrical date of the Hekla 4 eruption has been estimated as 2310 ± 20 BC.

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