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Sample: UT1666

Sample ID: UT1666 [1]
Station ID: Froese_2003_Chester Bluff_site_B
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Collector: Froese, D. G.
Date sampled: 1999-01-01
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
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Text Description: GI tephra occurs at site B approximately 8 m above the newly identified Charley River tephra that is also present at site A. GI tephra consists mostly of colorless, bubble-wall glass shards with some brown glass and pumice fragments. Mineral grains, which are sparse, include feldspar, apatite, and orthopyroxene.
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References Cited

[1] Recurring middle Pleistocene outburst floods in east-central Alaska, 2003

Froese, D.G., Smith, D.G., Westgate, J.A., Ager, T.A., Preece, S.J., Sandhu, A., Enkin, R.J., and Weber, F., 2003, Recurring middle Pleistocene outburst floods in east-central Alaska: Quaternary Research, v. 60, n. 1, p. 50-62, doi: 10.1016/S0033-5894(03)00090-5 .