Sample: AVO-PAT_BRN
| Sample ID: | AVO-PAT_BRN [1] | ||||||||||
| Station ID: | Swanson_95_AVO-PAT | ||||||||||
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| Possible source: | Crater Peak | ||||||||||
| Eruption: | Crater Peak 1992/8 | ||||||||||
| Collector: | Swanson, S. E. | ||||||||||
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| Sample type 1: | Tephra Fall | ||||||||||
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| Text Description: | Brown ash sample collected over timed intervals (about 30 to 60 minutes) as the ash fell on the patio of the Alaska Volcano Observatory. Most of the ash fell during a period of about 3 hours. Ash consists of dense, dark volcanic rock fragments with phenocrysts of plagioclase, pyroxene, hornblende, and FeTi oxides in a matrix of brown glass rich in microlites. | ||||||||||
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References Cited
[1] Use of volcanic glass from ash as a monitoring tool: an example from the 1992 eruptions of Crater Peak, Mount Spurr volcano, Alaska, 1995
Swanson, S. E., Harbin, M. L., and Riehle, J. R., 1995, Use of volcanic glass from ash as a monitoring tool: an example from the 1992 eruptions of Crater Peak, Mount Spurr volcano, Alaska: in Keith, T. E. C., (ed.), The 1992 eruptions of Crater Peak Vent, Mount Spurr volcano, Alaska, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2139, p. 129-137.
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