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Data description article
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02 Jun 2026
Data description article |
| 02 Jun 2026
| 02 Jun 2026
TephAta – an online collection of tephra data from the Atacama Desert
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50674, Germany
Vincent Feldmar
Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50674, Germany
Andrés Quezada Jara
Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN), Avenida Santa María 0104, Providencia, Santiago, Chile
Paulina Vásquez Illanes
Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN), Avenida Santa María 0104, Providencia, Santiago, Chile
Fernando Sepúlveda Vásquez
Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN), Avenida Santa María 0104, Providencia, Santiago, Chile
Frank Wombacher
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50674, Germany
Markus Lagos
Institute of Geosciences and Meteorology, University of Bonn, Bonn, 53115, Germany
Tanja Kramm
Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50674, Germany
Gabriel González
National Research Center for Integrated Natural Disaster Management, Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile
Klaudia Kuiper
Department of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Christoph Breitkreuz
Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Bernhard-von-Cotta-Str. 2, 09599 Freiberg, Germany
Alberto Sáez
Geomodels Research Institute, Department Dinàmica de la Terra i de l'Oceà, Universitat de Barcelona, Marti Franques s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Domingo Gimeno
Department de Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Lluís Cabrera
Geomodels Research Institute, Department Dinàmica de la Terra i de l'Oceà, Universitat de Barcelona, Marti Franques s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Inés Rodríguez Araneda
Departamento de Obras Civiles y Geología, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco, Chile
Bernd Wagner
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50674, Germany
Georg Bareth
Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50674, Germany
Volker Wennrich
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50674, Germany
Data sets
TephATA Niklas Leicher and Vincent Feldmar https://www.crc1211db.uni-koeln.de/tephata
Tephrostratigraphic and tephrochonological dataset of tephra layers from northern Chile Niklas Leicher et al. https://doi.org/10.60520/IEDA/114209
Short summary
The TephAta database collects information on volcanic ash layers from the Atacama Desert, including their physical properties, geochemical composition, and age. The dataset provides a basis for identifying the same volcanic ash layers in different sediment deposits making it possible to link and date sediments It also supports studying how ash spread and understanding the region’s volcanic past.
The TephAta database collects information on volcanic ash layers from the Atacama Desert,...
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