Wrangell 80000 yBP

Start: 80000 yBP [1]

Event Type: Effusive

Event Characteristics:

Description: From Richter and others (1990): "One of the youngest reliably identified Mount Wrangell lavas - a flow high on the southwest flank of the shield - has yielded a K-Ar age of 0.08 Ma ([sample] no. 2; Nye 1983)."

References Cited

[1] Petrology and geochemistry of Okmok and Wrangell volcanoes, Alaska, 1983

Nye, C. J., 1983, Petrology and geochemistry of Okmok and Wrangell volcanoes, Alaska: University of California, Santa Cruz Ph.D. dissertation, 208 p.

[2] Age and progression of volcanism, Wrangell volcanic field, Alaska, 1990

Richter, D. H., Smith, J. G., Lanphere, M. A., Dalrymple, G. B., Reed, B. L., and Shew, N., 1990, Age and progression of volcanism, Wrangell volcanic field, Alaska: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 53, n. 1, p. 29-44.

Complete Eruption References

Age and progression of volcanism, Wrangell volcanic field, Alaska, 1990

Richter, D. H., Smith, J. G., Lanphere, M. A., Dalrymple, G. B., Reed, B. L., and Shew, N., 1990, Age and progression of volcanism, Wrangell volcanic field, Alaska: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 53, n. 1, p. 29-44.
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Petrology and geochemistry of Okmok and Wrangell volcanoes, Alaska, 1983

Nye, C. J., 1983, Petrology and geochemistry of Okmok and Wrangell volcanoes, Alaska: University of California, Santa Cruz Ph.D. dissertation, 208 p.