Tanaga 7700 yBP

Start: 7700 yBP ± 12100 Years [1]

Event Type: Effusive

Event Characteristics:
  • Lava flow [1]

Description: From Jicha and others (2012): "A basaltic andesite lava on the northern flank of Tanaga, near the shoreline, gave an imprecise age of 7.7+/-12.1 ka, thereby confirming its young age (Table 1 [in original text]).

References Cited

[1] Geology and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the medium- to high-K Tanaga volcanic cluster, western Aleutians, 2012

Jicha, B.R., Coombs, M.L., Calvert, A.T., and Singer, B.S., 2012, Geology and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the medium- to high-K Tanaga volcanic cluster, western Aleutians: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 124, n. 5/6, p. 842-856, doi:10.1130/B30472.1 .

Complete Eruption References

Geology and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the medium- to high-K Tanaga volcanic cluster, western Aleutians, 2012

Jicha, B.R., Coombs, M.L., Calvert, A.T., and Singer, B.S., 2012, Geology and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the medium- to high-K Tanaga volcanic cluster, western Aleutians: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 124, n. 5/6, p. 842-856, doi:10.1130/B30472.1 .