The spatial distribution of Holocene cryptotephras in north-west Europe since 7 ka:implications for understanding ash fall events from Icelandic eruptions

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Lawson, Ian T., Swindles, Graeme T., Plunkett, Gill, Greenberg, David
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Iceland; Jan Mayen; Tephra; Peat; Lake sediment; Volcanic ash; Eyjafjallajokull; Tephrochronology; Volcanic hazard analysis; Tephra layers; Ireland; Sediments; Scotland; Atlantic; Record; Variability; Isochrones; Faroe Islands; Peat Lake
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/the-spatial-distribution-of-holocene-cryptotephras-in-northwest-europe-since-7-ka(b7d0e495-98fc-4463-bf43-ce773129b2aa).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.02.018; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/5984/1/Lawson_et_al_QSR_Final_authors_ms.pdf; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379112001059#appd001

We present distribution maps for all cryptotephras (distal volcanic ash layers) younger than 7 ka that have been reported from three or more lakes or peatlands in north-west Europe. All but one of the tephras originates from Iceland; the exception has been attributed to Jan Mayen. We find strong spa...