Sample: Froese_2005_Quartz_Creek_tephra
| Sample ID: |
Froese_2005_Quartz_Creek_tephra [1] |
| Station ID: |
Quartz_Creek |
| AT Num: |
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| Volcano: |
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| Possible source: |
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| Eruption: |
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| Collector: |
Unknown, Unknown |
| Date sampled: |
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| Sample type 1: |
Tephra Fall |
| Color: |
white |
| Final unit: |
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| Text Description: |
Tephra bed within an ice-wedge cast that penetrates the Upper White Channel gravel. Very pumiceous and rich in phenocrysts of feldspar, amphibole, pyroxene and iron-titanium oxides. |
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References Cited
Froese, D.G, Westgate, J.A., and Alloway, B.V., (eds.), 2005, Field trip guide for the International Field Conference and Workshop on Tephrochronology and Volcanism: Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Science Report 2005/26, Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada, July 31-August 8, 2005, 132 p.