Sample: ACT-2238

Sample ID:	ACT-2238 ^[1]
Station ID:	Eva_Creek
AT Num:
Volcano:
Possible source:	Drum
Eruption:
Collector:	Muhs, D. R.
Date sampled:
Sample type 1:	Tephra Fall
Color:
Final unit:
Text Description:	Tephra 1. The lowermost part of the area exposed shows ~1.5 m of grey loess, with a weakly developed paleosol. A short distance above this paleosol, a tephra, identified geochemically as the Sheep Creek tephra occurs over a lateral distance of ~5 m. The Sheep Creek tephra is in turn overlain by 1 to 2 m of grey loess.
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] Vegetation and paleoclimate of the last interglacial period, central Alaska, 2001

Muhs, D.R., Ager, T.A., and Beget, J., 2001, Vegetation and paleoclimate of the last interglacial period, central Alaska: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 20, p. 41-61.

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