Augustine Tephra G

Start: 2100 yBP [1]

Event Type: Explosive

Event Characteristics:

Description: From Waitt and Beget (1996): "...a tephra layer "G" dated at about 2200-2000 yr B.P. ..."
From Waitt and Beget (2009): "The lowest five coarse-pumice beds at the coast-tephras G, I, H, C, and O-drifted east and southeast. Tephra G and ambiguous tephra O are known only from a few sites each on the east and southeast, neither with enough data points to warrant a map."
From Tappen and others (2009): "Tephra G is an oxidized yellow to tan fall deposit that has tephra clasts ≤10 cm in diameter at its base; this unit fines upward (Waitt and Beget, in press)."

References Cited

[1] Volcanic processes and geology of Augustine Volcano, Alaska, 2009

Waitt, R.B., and Beget, J.E., 2009, Volcanic processes and geology of Augustine Volcano, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1762, 78 p., 2 plates, scale 1:25,000, available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1762/ .

[2] Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Augustine Volcano, Alaska, 1998

Waythomas, C. F., and Waitt, R. B., 1998, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Augustine Volcano, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0106, 39 p., 1 plate, scale unknown.
full-text PDF 2.08 MB
map sheet plate 3.14 MB

[3] Provisional geologic map of Augustine Volcano, Alaska, 1996

Waitt, R. B., and Beget, J. E., 1996, Provisional geologic map of Augustine Volcano, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-0516, 44 p., 1 plate, scale 1:25,000.
full-text PDF 2.6 MB
map sheet 295 MB!

[4] Volcanoes of the World, 2013

Global Volcanism Program, 2013, Volcanoes of the World, v. 4.5.3. Venzke, E (ed.): Smithsonian Institution. Downloaded 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW4-2013

[5] Cyclic formation of debris avalanches at Mount St Augustine volcano, 1992

Beget, J. E., and Kienle, J., 1992, Cyclic formation of debris avalanches at Mount St Augustine volcano: Nature, v. 356, n. 6371, p. 701-704.

[6] Ejecta and landslides from Augustine Volcano before 2006, 2010

Waitt, R.B., 2010, Ejecta and landslides from Augustine Volcano before 2006, chapter 13 of Power, J.A., Coombs, M.L., and Freymueller, J.T., eds., The 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1769, p. 297-319 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1769/chapters/p1769_chapter13.pdf].

Complete Eruption References

Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Augustine Volcano, Alaska, 1998

Waythomas, C. F., and Waitt, R. B., 1998, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Augustine Volcano, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0106, 39 p., 1 plate, scale unknown.
full-text PDF 2.08 MB
map sheet plate 3.14 MB

Provisional geologic map of Augustine Volcano, Alaska, 1996

Waitt, R. B., and Beget, J. E., 1996, Provisional geologic map of Augustine Volcano, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-0516, 44 p., 1 plate, scale 1:25,000.
DJVU online format; requires free plugin
map in GIF format 21 KB
full-text PDF 2.6 MB
map sheet 295 MB!

Volcanoes of the World, 2013

Global Volcanism Program, 2013, Volcanoes of the World, v. 4.5.3. Venzke, E (ed.): Smithsonian Institution. Downloaded 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW4-2013

Cyclic formation of debris avalanches at Mount St Augustine volcano, 1992

Beget, J. E., and Kienle, J., 1992, Cyclic formation of debris avalanches at Mount St Augustine volcano: Nature, v. 356, n. 6371, p. 701-704.

Ejecta and landslides from Augustine Volcano before 2006, 2010

Waitt, R.B., 2010, Ejecta and landslides from Augustine Volcano before 2006, chapter 13 of Power, J.A., Coombs, M.L., and Freymueller, J.T., eds., The 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1769, p. 297-319 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1769/chapters/p1769_chapter13.pdf].

Volcanic processes and geology of Augustine Volcano, Alaska, 2009

Waitt, R.B., and Beget, J.E., 2009, Volcanic processes and geology of Augustine Volcano, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1762, 78 p., 2 plates, scale 1:25,000, available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1762/ .

Petrology and geochemistry of ca. 2100-1000 a.B.P. magmas of Augustine volcano, Alaska, based on analysis of prehistoric pumiceous tephra, 2009

Tappen, C.M., Webster, J.D., Mandeville, C.W., and Roderick, David, 2009, Petrology and geochemistry of ca. 2100-1000 a.B.P. magmas of Augustine volcano, Alaska, based on analysis of prehistoric pumiceous tephra: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 183, n. 1/2, p. 42-62, doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.03.007 .