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Sample: 97EC6D

Sample ID: 97EC6D [1] [2]
Station ID: 97EC6
AT Num:
Volcano:
Possible source:
Eruption: Fisher Tuff/Funk Ash/CFE
Collector: Carson, E. C.
Date sampled: 1997-01-01
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
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Final unit:
Text Description: 97EC6D and 97EC6E are samples of the same ash deposit with multiple components (see Carson 1998 page 62). 3 cm of reddish yellow sand and coarse silt. Underlying D was 35 cm of mixed pumiceous sand and mineral crystals. The bottom of the section was coarse grey sand and cobbles, interpreted as Late Wisconsin diamicton.
Sample Location:

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C., 1998, Holocene tephrochronology of the Cold Bay area, Southwest Alaska Peninsula: University of Wisconsin-Madison unpublished M.S. thesis, 178 p.

[2] Holocene tephrochronology of the Cold Bay area, southwest Alaska Peninsula, 2002

Carson, E. C., Fournelle, J. H., Miller, T. P., and Mickelson, D. M., 2002, Holocene tephrochronology of the Cold Bay area, southwest Alaska Peninsula: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 21, n. 20-22, p. 2213-2228.