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Sample: UT543

Sample ID: UT543 [1] [2] [3]
Station ID: UT543
AT Num:
Volcano:
Possible source:
Eruption: Old Crow Tephra
Collector: Westgate, J. A.
Date sampled:
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
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Final unit:
Text Description: 17 cm thick; fine grained and moderately to poorly sorted; in middle of 30 m thick silt deposits with several prominent organic-rich horizons; overlies 10 m of fluvial gravels (M. Edwards, written communication, 1983)
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] Distribution, stratigraphy, petrochemistry and palaeomagnetism of the late Pleistocene Old Crow tephra in Alaska and the Yukon, 1985

Westgate, J. A., Walter, R. C., Pearce, G. W., and Gorton, M. P., 1985, Distribution, stratigraphy, petrochemistry and palaeomagnetism of the late Pleistocene Old Crow tephra in Alaska and the Yukon: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences [Journal Canadien des Sciences de la Terre], v. 22, n. 6, p. 893-906.

[2] A catalogue of late Cenozoic tephra beds in the Klondike Goldfields and adjacent areas, Yukon Territory, 2011

Preece, S.J., Westgate, J.A., Froese, D.G., Pearce, N.J.G., and Perkins, W.T., 2011, A catalogue of late Cenozoic tephra beds in the Klondike Goldfields and adjacent areas, Yukon Territory: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 48, p. 1386-1418, doi: 10.1139/e10-110

[3] Old Crow tephra across eastern Beringia: a single cataclysmic eruption at the close of Marine Isotope Stage 6, 2011

Preece, S.J., Pearce, N.J.G., Westgate, J.A., Froese, D.G., Jensen, B.J.L., and Perkins, W.T., 2011, Old Crow tephra across eastern Beringia: a single cataclysmic eruption at the close of Marine Isotope Stage 6: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 30, p. 2069-2099, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.04.020 .