Sample: S851E


Sample ID: S851E [1]
Station ID: S851
AT Num:
Volcano:
Possible source:
Eruption: Hayes Tephra Set H
Collector: Fontana, M. R.
Date sampled:
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
Color: white
Final unit:
Text Description: Pale-white tephra 'couplet' that occurs approximately 140 cm below the surface. Two tephra layers separated by 0.5 cm of loess; each tephra layers is approximately 0.5 cm thick. Sharp contact with overlying loess and occurs within gray and tan mottled loess. Overlies tephras S851F(50 cm below) and G.
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] Holocene tephrochronology of the Matanuska Valley, Alaska, 1988

Fontana, M.R., 1988, Holocene tephrochronology of the Matanuska Valley, Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks M.S. thesis, 99 p.