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Sample: UT1001

Sample ID: UT1001 [1] [2] [3] [4]
Station ID: Preece_2000_site_15
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Collector: Preece, S. J.
Date sampled:
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
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Text Description: Maximum thickness of 2 cm. Tephra has been preserved in an ice-wedge cast (from Sandhu et al. 2001). Sample is from top of White Channel gravels (from Preece et al. 2000). From Preece et al. (2011): pumice with trace amount of blocky grains. Sample taken by M. Milner, 1988.
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References Cited

[1] Characterization, identity, distribution, and source of late Cenozoic tephra beds in the Klondike District of the Yukon, Canada, 2000

Preece, S. J., Westgate, J. A., Alloway, B. V., and Milner, M. W., 2000, Characterization, identity, distribution, and source of late Cenozoic tephra beds in the Klondike District of the Yukon, Canada: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 37, n. 7, p. 983-996.

[2] A catalogue of late Cenozoic tephra beds in the Klondike Goldfields and adjacent areas, Yukon Territory, 2011

Preece, S.J., Westgate, J.A., Froese, D.G., Pearce, N.J.G., and Perkins, W.T., 2011, A catalogue of late Cenozoic tephra beds in the Klondike Goldfields and adjacent areas, Yukon Territory: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 48, p. 1386-1418, doi: 10.1139/e10-110

[3] The application of ICP-MS methods to tephrochronological problems, 2004

Pearce, N.J.G., Westgate, J.A., Perkins, W.T., and Preece, S.J., 2004, The application of ICP-MS methods to tephrochronological problems: Applied Geochemistry, v. 19, n. 3, p. 289-322, doi: 10.1016/S0883-2927(03)00153-7 .

[4] Glass-fission-track ages of late Cenozoic distal tephra beds in the Klondike district, Yukon Territory, 2000

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.