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Sample: Westgate_2001_SCt-K

Sample ID: Westgate_2001_SCt-K [1]
Station ID: Westgate_2001_Sheep_Creek_Tephra_K_Average
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: The glass major-element composition reported here is the average of 34 samples: UA42, UA44, UT104, UT1052, UT1058, UT1060, UT1064, UT1065, UT1459, UT1460, UT1461, UT1462, UT1463, UT1474, UT1613, UT1646, UT1771, UT1772, UT1773, UT1774, UT1775, UT1784, UT1794, UT1908, UT1920, UT1931, UT2019, UT2021, UT2022, UT2023, UT2026, UT2097, UT366, UT40. The glass trace element compositions reported here are also the average of analyses of multiple samples: UT1052, UT1613, UT366 (ICPMS); UT1060, UT1613, UT366 (LAICPMS); UT104, UT1060, UT1065, UT366, UT40 (INAA)
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.