Source of Ash Zone 1 in the North Atlantic

• Published in: Bulletin of Volcanology
• Main Authors: Lacasse, C., Sigurdsson, H., Jóhannesson, H., Paterne, M., Carey, S.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 1995
• Subjects: Ash Zone 1; Co-ignimbrite ash; Jökulhlaup; Katla volcano; Pyroclastic flows; Sólheimar ignimbrite; Volcaniclastic turbidites; Katla; glacier; Iceland; north atlantic current; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/gsofacpubs/1081; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00298704

Geochemical evidence shows that the silicic component of the widespread Ash Zone 1 in the North Atlantic is derived from a major ignimbrite-forming eruption which occurred at the Katla caldera in southern Iceland during the transition from glacial to interglacial conditions in Younger Dryas time. Bo...