Sample: Westgate_2003_PAL_tephra_average
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Westgate_2003_PAL_tephra_average [1] |
| Station ID: |
Palisades_East |
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| Collector: |
Matheus, Paul |
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| Sample type 1: |
Tephra Fall |
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| Text Description: |
The composition reported here is the average of analyses of two samples: UT1280 and UT1281. Occurs at elevations of 1-2 m above water level at west and east limits of Palisades East, but ~14 m above water level in the central bluff area. Occurs stratigraphically below the lower peat and is laterally more traceable than PA tephra samples. |
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References Cited
Westgate, J. A., Preece, S. J., and Pewe, T. L., 2003, The Dawson Cut Forest Bed in the Fairbanks area, Alaska, is about two million years old: in Westgate, J. A., (ed.), Special issue dedicated to Troy Pewe, Quaternary Research, v. 60, n. 1, p. 2-8.