Sample: 15KKMC005


Sample ID: 15KKMC005 [1]
Station ID: 15KKMC005
AT Num:
Volcano: Kiska
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Coombs, M. L.
Date sampled: 2015-09-11
Sample type 1: pyroclastic density current
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Final unit:
Text Description: Block-and-ash-flow deposit exposed in steep sea cliff just west of New Sirius Point lava flow. Pinkish gray with rounded to angular crystal-rich dome/lava blocks. Sample is light pinkish gray crystal rich "cinderblock" dacite clast, 40 cm in diameter. Just to west of here, BAF is overlain by soil, then clast poor PF, then another soil. No coarse tephras. All these fragmental deposits sit under various lava flows.
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References Cited

[1] Bulk compositions of western Aleutians tephras and lavas collected during leg 3 of the NSF GeoPRISMS shared platform for Aleutians research, Version 1.0, 2024

Andrys, J. L., Coombs, M. L., Cottrell, E., Kelley, K. A., Waters, L. E., and Jicha, B., 2024, Bulk compositions of western Aleutians tephras and lavas collected during leg 3 of the NSF GeoPRISMS shared platform for Aleutians research, Version 1.0: Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance (IEDA). https://doi.org/10.60520/IEDA/113465.