Sample: S852B-Pop.1


Sample ID: S852B-Pop.1 [1]
Station ID: S852
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Volcano:
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Eruption:
Collector: Fontana, M. R.
Date sampled:
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
Color: red-brown
Final unit:
Text Description: Red-brown tephra that occurs approximately 146 cm below the surface. The tephra has a total thickness of 10 cm, with the upper 5 cm appearing orange-red and the basal 5 cm appearing darker brownish-red. The 1-cm-thick peat underlying this tephra was radiocarbon dated at 3170+/-170 yBP.
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.