Sample: Sandhu_2001_Klondike_District_Quartz_Creek_average
| Sample ID: |
Sandhu_2001_Klondike_District_Quartz_Creek_average [1] |
| Station ID: |
Klondike_District_Regional_Tephra |
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| Volcano: |
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| Eruption: |
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| Collector: |
Preece, S. J. |
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| Sample type 1: |
Tephra Fall |
| Color: |
white |
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| Text Description: |
Very pumiceous and rich in phenocrysts of mostly feldspar, orthopyroxene, green amphibole and iron-titanium oxides; apatite and zircon are rare. The composition reported here is the average of three samples: UT1001, UT1053, UT1544. |
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References Cited
Sandhu, A.S., Westgate, J.A., Preece, S.J., and Froese, D.G., 2000, Glass-fission-track ages of late Cenozoic distal tephra beds in the Klondike district, Yukon Territory, in Emond, D.S., and Weston, L.H., (eds.), Yukon exploration and geology 2000: Exploration and Geological Services Division, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, p. 247-256.