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Sample: UT1453-P3

Sample ID: UT1453-P3 [1] [2]
Station ID: Preece_2000_site_19
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Volcano:
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Alloway, B. V.
Date sampled:
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
Color: brown
Final unit:
Text Description: Tephra in silty sediments interstratified with poorly sorted gravels resting on a terrace (Archibald's Bench). No data on thickness; sample from individual ash pod. Dark-brown, andesitic glass predominates in Archibald tephra, but rare, colourless bubble-wall shards of a more silicic composition are present.
Sample Location:

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