Sample: 01KW-CP1-G1-6a
| Sample ID: | 01KW-CP1-G1-6a [1] |
| Station ID: | 01KW-CP1-G1 |
| AT Num: | AT-205 |
| Volcano: | Spurr |
| Possible source: | Crater Peak |
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| Collector: | Wallace, K. L. |
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| Sample type 1: | Tephra Fall |
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| Text Description: | Stratigraphic Unit No. 3d. Interpreted deposit type: tephra fall. Thickness: 11 cm (62 cm cumulative; unit broken into four subunits based on bedding characteristics). Grain size: fine lapilli to coarse ash. Bedding: alternating lapilli and coarse ash. Sorting: poorly sorted. Juvenile clast type: tan (rare-pumice-like clasts, yet still poorly vesiculated) and black (dense, scoria-like clasts). Remarks: fine juvenile lapillus sample from base of unit 3d. Munsell color-wet: 10YR 2/2. Munsell color-dry: 10YR 5.5/3. Grain shape: angular. Age: 840+/-60 yr. B.P. >1953. |
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References Cited
[1] Characterization and discrimination of Holocene tephra-fall deposits, Mount Spurr volcano, Alaska, 2003
Wallace, K. L., 2003, Characterization and discrimination of Holocene tephra-fall deposits, Mount Spurr volcano, Alaska: Northern Arizona University unpublished M.S. thesis, 169 p.
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