Great Sitkin 6600 yBP

Start: 6600 yBP [1]

Stop: 5900 yBP [1]

Event Type: Explosive

Event Characteristics:
  • Tephrafall [1]

Description: From Waythomas and others (2003): "Pumice lapilli tephra deposit."

References Cited

[1] Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Great Sitkin Volcano, Alaska, 2003

Waythomas, C. F., Miller, T. P., and Nye, C. J., 2003, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Great Sitkin Volcano, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-0112, 25 p., 1 sheet.
full-text PDF 18.5 MB

Complete Eruption References

Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Great Sitkin Volcano, Alaska, 2003

Waythomas, C. F., Miller, T. P., and Nye, C. J., 2003, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Great Sitkin Volcano, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-0112, 25 p., 1 sheet.
full-text PDF 18.5 MB
map sheet plate (PDF) 2 MB
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC shelf
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