Dates of Holocene Icelandic volcanic eruptions from tephra layers in Irish peats
- 1 March 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Holocene
- Vol. 5 (1) , 103-110
- https://doi.org/10.1177/095968369500500111
Abstract
Tephra from historic and prehistoric eruptions of Oraefajøkull and Hekla, Iceland, have been found in Irish peats. Using a series of stratigraphically related high-precision radiocarbon measure ments, the date of a known-age eruption has been satisfactorily estimated. Based on the same techniques, the calendrical date of the Hekla 4 eruption has been estimated as 2310 ± 20 BC.Keywords
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