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Sample: 85CNS16

Sample ID: 85CNS16 [1] [2]
Station ID: 85CNS16
AT Num:
Volcano: Spurr
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Nye, C. J.
Date sampled: 1985-01-01
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
Color:
Final unit:
Text Description: Pyroclast from uppermost surface of Crater Peak. Interpreted as a product of the 1953 eruption. Sample PUM-16 of Nye and Turner (1990). Light and dark pumice from uppermost unit near Hill 2495. Because this is uppermost layer at this location it is assigned to 1953. S16 is light lithology, S17 is dark.
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