Sample: 01KW-CP4-6
| Sample ID: | 01KW-CP4-6 [1] |
| Station ID: | 01KW-CP4 |
| AT Num: | AT-245 |
| Volcano: | Spurr |
| Possible source: | Hayes |
| Eruption: | Hayes Tephra Set H |
| Collector: | Wallace, K. L. |
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| Sample type 1: | Tephra Fall |
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| Text Description: | Stratigraphic Unit No. 6. Interpreted deposit type: tephra fall and paleosol complex. Thickness: 35 cm (10 cm of which is poorly developed A-horizon of soil). Grain size: coarse ash with discontinuous lenses of fine lapilli. Bedding: massive. Sorting: well sorted except where coarse lenses exist. Juvenile clast type: white pumice. Remarks: representative sample of base. Munsell color-wet: 10YR 5/4. Munsell color-dry: 10YR 7/4. Grain shape: angular. Age: ~3650+/-150 yr. B.P. |
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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and discrimination of Holocene tephra-fall deposits, Mount Spurr volcano, Alaska: Northern Arizona University unpublished M.S. thesis, 169 p.
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