A quantitative x-ray diffraction inventory of volcaniclastic inputs into the marine sediment archives off Iceland: a contribution to the Volcanoes in the Arctic System programme

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Dennis D. Eberl, Greta B. Kristjánsdóttir, John T. Andrews, Anne E. Jennings
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2013
• Subjects: X-ray diffraction; tephras; Iceland; Holocene; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Arctic; Saksunarvatn; Hekla; Polar Research; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.11130; https://doaj.org/article/c7ef59bbe3794a76ae309210bf396543

This paper re-evaluates how well quantitative x-ray diffraction (qXRD) can be used as an exploratory method of the weight percentage (wt%) of volcaniclastic sediment, and to identify tephra events in marine cores. In the widely used RockJock v6 software programme, qXRD tephra and glass standards inc...