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Sample: Ahklun Mountains-LSP-5.8ka-Tephra_average

Sample ID: Ahklun Mountains-LSP-5.8ka-Tephra_average [1]
Station ID: Ahklun Mountains Regional Tephra
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Collector: Kaufman, D. S.
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Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
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Text Description: Tephra only found in Lone Spruce Pond (UA1783), where is forms the thickest layer (14.5 cm) other than Tephra A (18.0 cm thick there). Bubble-walled and tricuspate shards, some blocky glass.
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Red (Warning)
Orange (Watch)
Yellow (Advisory)
Green (Normal)
Uninstrumented

300 km
200 mi
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References Cited

[1] Late Quaternary tephrostratigraphy, Ahklun Mountains, SW Alaska, 2012

Kaufman, D.S., Jensen, B.J.L., Reyes, A.V., Schiff, C.J., Froese, D.G., and Pearce, N.J.G., 2012, Late Quaternary tephrostratigraphy, Ahklun Mountains, SW Alaska: Journal of Quaternary Science, v. 27, n. 4, p. 344-359, doi:10.1002/jqs.1552 .