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Sample: SK-11-2-12_Spurr

Sample ID: SK-11-2-12_Spurr [1] [2]
Station ID: SK-11
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Possible source: Spurr
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Collector: Stihler, S. D.
Date sampled:
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
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Text Description: Tephra present in several cores from Shilak Lake, at a depth of 16-26 cm in individual cores depending on localized sedimentation rates. Beget et al. (1994) report two glass compositions in sample SK-11-2-12 and designate them as having two different source volcanoes.
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References Cited

[1] A 500-year-long record of tephra falls from Redoubt volcano and other volcanoes in upper Cook Inlet, Alaska, 1994

Beget, J. E., Stihler, S. D., and Stone, D. B., 1994, A 500-year-long record of tephra falls from Redoubt volcano and other volcanoes in upper Cook Inlet, Alaska: in Miller, T. P. and Chouet, B. A., (eds.), The 1989-1990 eruptions of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 62, n. 1-4, p. 55-67.

[2] Paleomagnetic investigations of seismic and volcanic activity recorded in the sediments of Skilak Lake, Alaska, 1991

Stihler, S. D., 1991, Paleomagnetic investigations of seismic and volcanic activity recorded in the sediments of Skilak Lake, Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks unpublished M.S. thesis, 120 p.