Petrogenesis of the Sólheimar ignimbrite (Katla, Iceland): Implications for tephrostratigraphy

• Published in: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
• Main Authors: Tomlinson, Emma L., Thordarson, Thor, Lane, Christine S., Smith, Victoria C., Manning, Christina J., Müller, Wolfgang, Menzies, Martin A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Katla; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/d1338a37-cd23-4b9c-aefa-d8b52c7c562e; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.03.012

The Sólheimar ignimbrite was one of the largest eruptions from the Katla caldera (Iceland) and is important for tephra studies in the North Atlantic because of its possible linkage with the Vedde Ash, a compositionally bimodal tephra layer used for correlation of sedimentary records in the North Atl...