Sample: 01KW-CP4-7
| Sample ID: | 01KW-CP4-7 [1] |
| Station ID: | 01KW-CP4 |
| AT Num: | AT-246 |
| 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. 5. Interpreted deposit type: tephra fall and paleosol complex. Thickness: 1.7 cm (6 mm of which is A-horizon of soil). Grain size: fine lapilli to medium ash. Bedding: massive. Sorting: well sorted. Juvenile clast type: white pumice (Hayes), black glass scoria (Crater Peak-reworked). Remarks: representative sample of base. Munsell color-wet: not provided. Munsell color-dry: 10YR 4/2 W/10YR 8/2 grains. Grain shape: subangular-angular. Age: >1630+/-60 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and discrimination of Holocene tephra-fall deposits, Mount Spurr volcano, Alaska: Northern Arizona University unpublished M.S. thesis, 169 p.
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