Long-range transport of Icelandic tephra to the Irminger Basin, Site 919

• Main Authors: Lacasse, C., Werner, R., Paterne, M., Sigurdsson, H., Carey, S., Pinte, G.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 1998
• Subjects: Greenland; Irminger Basin; Greenland ice core; ice core; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/gsofacpubs/1069; https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.152.205.1998

The 147-m-long sediment sequence recovered from Ocean Drilling Program Leg 152 Site 919 in the Irminger Basin contains several well-preserved volcanic ash layers and ash zones that provide a record of long-range transport of tephra from Iceland toward Greenland during the Pliocene-Pleistocene. A tot...