dd570900-245c-4586-82b7-e548cbdc4ac5 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-21T09:56:29 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 The geochemical composition and stratigraphic position of 44 tephra layers in southern Iceland 2025-09-16 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/dd570900-245c-4586-82b7-e548cbdc4ac5 10.5285/dd570900-245c-4586-82b7-e548cbdc4ac5 doi: Cutler, N., Dugmore, A., Streeter, R. (2025). The geochemical composition and stratigraphic position of 44 tephra layers in southern Iceland. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/dd570900-245c-4586-82b7-e548cbdc4ac5 The dataset comprises two elements: 1) logs of nine sedimentary profiles recorded in three locations in southern Iceland and 2) geochemical analyses of tephra samples taken from these profiles. The three locations were Heimaey (V), an island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago (four profiles); Seljaland (S) in southern Iceland (two profiles), and Húshólmi (H) on the Reykjanes peninsula (three profiles). All three locations are associated with the earliest phases of the settlement of Iceland by the Norse in the ninth century CE. The datasets were collected to establish a tephrochronological framework for the three sites. The logs are based on field observations made by Prof. Andrew Dugmore (University of Edinburgh) and Dr Richard Streeter (University of St Andrews) in June 2023. The geochemical analyses were carried out by Dr Streeter and conducted using an Electron Probe Micro Analyser (EPMA). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/dd570900-245c-4586-82b7-e548cbdc4ac5 Nick Cutler Newcastle University nick.cutler@newcastle.ac.uk pointOfContact Cutler, N. Newcastle University nick.cutler@newcastle.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1746-7769 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Dugmore, A. University of Edinburgh andrew.dugmore@ed.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6556-717X ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Streeter, R. University of St Andrews rts3@st-andrews.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2261-4540 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Newcastle University EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian Soil theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Soil Tephra geochemistry Electron probe micro analyser Landnám tephra layer otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Cutler, N., Dugmore, A., Streeter, R. (2025). The geochemical composition and stratigraphic position of 44 tephra layers in southern Iceland. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/dd570900-245c-4586-82b7-e548cbdc4ac5 textTable English utf8 geoscientificInformation 2023-06-01 2023-06-30 -22.893 -18.892 63.234 64.188 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/dd570900-245c-4586-82b7-e548cbdc4ac5.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/dd570900-245c-4586-82b7-e548cbdc4ac5 Download the data Download a copy of this data download dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 The sedimentary logs are based on field observations and encompass layer thickness and sediment characteristics (qualitative assessment of colour, texture, grain size, etc.) The geochemical analyses are unstandardised proportional abundances of major elements measured by an Electron Probe Micro Analyser (EPMA).