Wrangell 878000 yBP

Start: 878000 yBP ± 17000 Years [1]

Event Type: Effusive

Event Characteristics:
  • Lava flow [1]

Description: From Richter and others (1990): "A dacite flow (0.88 Ma, [sample] no. 3) listed as a Mount Wrangell lava (Table 2 [in original text]) may be a late product of the Chetaslina center."

References Cited

[1] 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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