Sample: UT885

Sample ID:	UT885 ^[1] ^[2]
Station ID:	Gold_Hill_III
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Collector:	Preece, S. J.
Date sampled:
Sample type 1:	Tephra Fall
Color:	white
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Text Description:	Wipsy, white (2.5Y7/2), discontinuous tephra with diffuse upper and lower contacts interbedded with massive, silver (2.5Y6/3) silt with minor charcoal flecks, oxidation nodules and wispy organic patches. Occurs as pods with a maximum thickness of 4 mm and numerous silt partings; occurs above the LW tephra.
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References Cited

[1] Late Pliocene Dawson Cut forest bed and new tephrochronological findings in the Gold Hill Loess, east-central Alaska, 2009

Pewe, T.L., Westgate, J.A., Preece, S.J., Brown, P.M., and Leavitt, S.W., 2009, Late Pliocene Dawson Cut forest bed and new tephrochronological findings in the Gold Hill Loess, east-central Alaska: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 121, n. 1-2, p. 294-320, doi: 10.1130/B26323.1 .

[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

Alaska Volcano Observatory

Sample: UT885

References Cited

[1] Late Pliocene Dawson Cut forest bed and new tephrochronological findings in the Gold Hill Loess, east-central Alaska, 2009

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