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Sample: 85CNS10

Sample ID: 85CNS10 [1] [2]
Station ID: 85CNS10
AT Num:
Volcano: Spurr
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Nye, C. J.
Date sampled: 1985-01-01
Sample type 1: Lava
Color:
Final unit:
Text Description: Lava from south flank of Crater Peak. Sample CP-06 of Nye and Turner (1990). At 3300' level on major gash in Crater Peak sampling consecutive flows from top (S10=top). AA flows have blocky solid 2m cores w/ breccia and pyroclastic debris between. ~30% solid lava. Centers of flows are ~2m thick, solid with sparse curved fractures. S10, S11 are platy at base.
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] Petrology, geochemistry, and age of the Spurr volcanic complex, eastern Aleutian arc, 1990

Nye, C. J., and Turner, D. L., 1990, Petrology, geochemistry, and age of the Spurr volcanic complex, eastern Aleutian arc: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 52, n. 3, p. 205-226.

[2] Geochemistry of some Quaternary lavas from the Aleutian Arc and Mt. Wrangell, 2018

Nye, C.J., Beget, J.E., Layer, P.W., Mangan, M.T., McConnell, V.S., McGimsey, R.G., Miller, T.P., Moore, R.B., and Stelling, P.L., 2018, Geochemistry of some quaternary lavas from the Aleutian Arc and Mt. Wrangell: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2018-1, 29 p. http://doi.org/10.14509/29843