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Sample: UT2079

Sample ID: UT2079 [1] [2]
Station ID: UT2079
AT Num:
Volcano:
Possible source: Drum
Eruption: Drum Sheep Creek Tephra-C, K, A
Collector: Westgate, J. A.
Date sampled:
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
Color:
Final unit:
Text Description: 2 cm thick; pumice, rare blocky shards, and rare bubble-wall shards. In organic-rich silt. Reworked; 30 cm below UT2079. Field name 905a
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] Changing ideas on the identity and stratigraphic significance of the Sheep Creek tephra beds in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, northwestern North America, 2008

Westgate, J.A., Preece, S.J., Froese, D.G., Pearce, N.J.G., Roberts, R.G., Demuro, M., Hart, W.K., and Perkins, W., 2008, Changing ideas on the identity and stratigraphic significance of the Sheep Creek tephra beds in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, northwestern North America: Quaternary International, v. 178, n. 1, p. 183-209, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.03.009.

[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