Varves Database

The Varves Database (VDB) containing all records as discussed in Ojala et al. (2012) is online (VDB version: 26 March 2012).

> Go to the Varves Database (.xlxs 58 kb)

Please report new sites, additional references, updates, errors, etc. to Antti Ojala: antti.ojala@gtk.fi

Data stewardship scholarship project

The Varves Working Group was awarded a Data Stewardship Scholarship in May 2021.

Data steward

Anna Beckett, Royal Holloway University of London

Goal

To incorporate geochemical information of (crypto-)tephra records into the existing varve database (VARDA 1.0); to increase the number of varve records in the database; and to develop detailed searches and consistent quality control within the database.

Repository

The VARDA database is available online at https://varve.gfz-potsdam.de

Final product

VARDA 2.0 database