Sample: UA1307


Sample ID: UA1307 [1]
Station ID: Jensen_Palisades_East
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Volcano:
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Eruption:
Collector: Jensen, B. J. L.
Date sampled:
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
Color: pink
Final unit:
Text Description: PAL tephra is generally found below a peat; however, organic-rich silt and peat deposits also occurred below it at several sites. Primary beds of PAL tephra are 2-5 cm thick, however, reworked PAL tephra can be up to 10-20 cm thick. Diverse glass morphology, including tricuspate and bubble-walled shards, and blocky to frothy pumice.
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References Cited

[1] The Palisades is a key reference site for the middle Pleistocene of eastern Beringia: new evidence from paleomagnetics and regional tephrostratigraphy, 2013

Jensen, B.J.L., Reyes, A.V., Froese, D.G., and Stone, D.B., 2013, The Palisades is a key reference site for the middle Pleistocene of eastern Beringia: new evidence from paleomagnetics and regional tephrostratigraphy: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 63, p. 91-108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.11.035