Sample: Aktn Summit


Sample ID: Aktn Summit [1]
Station ID: Aktn Summit
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Volcano: Akutan
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Collector: Unknown, Unknown
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Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
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Text Description: Altered andesitic tephra clast from summit of cinder cone in caldera. Phenocrysts of plagioclase, clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, and trace olivine. Map unit Hc (Richter et al., 1998). Yielded clinopyroxene-hosted melt inclusions.
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References Cited

[1] The role of water in generating the calc-alkaline trend: new volatile data for Aleutian magmas and a new tholeiitic index, 2010

Zimmer, M.M., Plank, Terry, Hauri, E.H., Yogodzinski, G.M., Stelling, Peter, Larsen, Jessica, Singer, Brad, Jicha, Brian, Mandeville, Charles, and Nye, C.J., 2010, The role of water in generating the calc-alkaline trend: new volatile data for Aleutian magmas and a new tholeiitic index: Journal of Petrology, v. 5, n. 12, p. 2411, 2444, doi:10.1093/petrology/egq062 .