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Sample: UT1455

Sample ID: UT1455 [1] [2]
Station ID: Preece_2000_site_16
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Collector: Alloway, B. V.
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Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
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Text Description: From Preece et al. (2000): no data on deposit thickness. Tephra pods are in a 0.6 m thick unit composed of distorted sand and gravel. Samples taken from separate tephra pods. UT1455 is about 30 cm above UT1054. Overlying the tephra beds are interbedded gravel and sand. From Preece et al. (2011): n.d. on deposit thickness; pumice; in Upper White Channel Gravel; repeats vertically; UT1455 ∼30 cm above UT1054
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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