Chemical composition of tephra from the Greenland-Iceland-Norwegian-Sea ...

• Main Authors: Wallrabe-Adams, Hans-Joachim, Lackschewitz, Klas Sven
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2003
• Subjects: Kasten corer; Giant box corer; Gravity corer Kiel type; M2/2; M7/5; POS158/1; ARK-II/5; ARK-VII/1; Meteor 1986; Poseidon; Polarstern; Greenland; Iceland; Norwegian Sea; Ocean Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.736516; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.736516

Explosive ocean island volcanism in the Greenland-Iceland-Norwegian Sea (GIN Sea) is indicated by marine tephra layers at 10-300 ka. Peaks of explosive volcanism occurred in oxygen isotope stages 8, 7, 5 and 1. The depositional age of the tephra was estimated using the oxygen isotope stratigraphy and dating of marine records. Geochemical analyses of the tephra layers show that all originate from Iceland. Here we report the characteristics of tephra from these major Icelandic events in 30 deep-sea cores from the GIN Sea. Our findings provide constraints on the distribution of tephra from the eruption source. For the Vedde Ash (oxygen isotope stage 1) we estimate a minimum fallout area of 2*10**5 km**2, stretching from central Greenland in the west and southern Sweden in the east, to 71°N in the GIN Sea. The magnitude of the eruption and the regional wind conditions controlled the extent and concentrations of these ash fallout events. Oceanic circulation and differential settling may have affected the ... : Supplement to: Wallrabe-Adams, Hans-Joachim; Lackschewitz, Klas Sven (2003): Chemical composition, distribution, and origin of silicic volcanic ash layers in the Greenland–Iceland–Norwegian Sea: explosive volcanism from 10 to 300 ka as recorded in deep-sea sediments. Marine Geology, 193(3-4), 273-293 ...