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Sample: UA1453

Sample ID: UA1453 [1] [2]
Station ID: Halfway_House
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Eruption:
Collector: Preece, S. J.
Date sampled:
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
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Text Description: Located at approximately 6.7 m, a discrete bed up to 10 cm thick. Diffuse contacts, but can be traced continuously across the exposure. Glass morphology comprised of bubble-walled and tricuspate shards with some pumice. Thick walls.
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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

[2] 150,000 years of loess accumulation in central Alaska, 2016

Jensen, B. J., Evans, M. E., Froese, D. G., and Kravchinsky, V. A., 2016, 150,000 years of loess accumulation in central Alaska: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 135, p. 1-23.