Sample: UT1743

Sample ID:	UT1743 ^[1] ^[2]
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 .

[2] Tephrochronology of middle to late Pleistocene loess in east-central Alaska, 2007

Jensen, B.J.L., 2007, Tephrochronology of Middle to Late Pleistocene Loess in Eastcentral Alaska: University of Alberta M.S. thesis, 120 p.

Alaska Volcano Observatory

Sample: UT1743

References Cited

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

[2] Tephrochronology of middle to late Pleistocene loess in east-central Alaska, 2007