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Sample: Ahklun Mountains-LS-8ka-Tephra_average

Sample ID: Ahklun Mountains-LS-8ka-Tephra_average [1] [2]
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: Sample from Little Swift Lake (Axford and Kaufman 2004) (UA1784); its age overlaps with that of a prominent tephra also present in Nimgun Lake, which was not analyzed, and with all three of the lowest tephra in Sunday Pond (UA2004, UA2005, and UA2006=1787). Mixed morphology.
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Orange (Watch)
Yellow (Advisory)
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Uninstrumented

300 km
200 mi
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References Cited

[1] Late glacial and Holocene glacier and vegetation fluctuations at Little Swift Lake, Southwestern Alaska, U.S.A., 2004

Axford, Yarrow, and Kaufman, D.S., 2004, Late glacial and Holocene glacier and vegetation fluctuations at Little Swift Lake, Southwestern Alaska, U.S.A.: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, v. 36, n. 2, p. 139-146.

[2] 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 .