Sample: 97EC3


Sample ID: 97EC3 [1]
Station ID: 97EC3
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Collector: Carson, E. C.
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Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
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Text Description: Outcrop 97EC3 had 25 cm of humus and organics at the surface, underlain by 20 to 22 cm of fibrous peat. Sample A was 2 cm of very dark grey silt, and sample B was 3 cm of light grey clay. Neither sample contained vitreous material, although B contained 1- to 2-mm quartz and other mineral crystals.
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References Cited

[1] Holocene tephrochronology of the Cold Bay area, Southwest Alaska Peninsula, 1998

Carson, E. C., 1998, Holocene tephrochronology of the Cold Bay area, Southwest Alaska Peninsula: University of Wisconsin-Madison unpublished M.S. thesis, 178 p.