Sample: 01KW-CP5-2
| Sample ID: | 01KW-CP5-2 [1] |
| Station ID: | 01KW-CP5 |
| AT Num: | AT-252 |
| Volcano: | Spurr |
| Possible source: | Crater Peak |
| Eruption: | Crater Peak 1953/7 |
| Collector: | Wallace, K. L. |
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| Sample type 1: | Tephra Fall |
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| Text Description: | Stratigraphic Unit No. PIT 2, unit b. Interpreted deposit type: tephra fall. Thickness: 5 cm. Grain size: coarse to medium lapilli. Bedding: massive. Sorting: well-sorted. Juvenile clast type: brown (less dense, slightly more vesicular clasts) and tan (pumice-like clasts, yet still poorly vesiculated). Remarks: 1953 Crater Peak tephra. Munsell color-wet: 5YR 2/2. Munsell color-dry: 5Y 6/1. Grain shape: angular. Age: 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and discrimination of Holocene tephra-fall deposits, Mount Spurr volcano, Alaska: Northern Arizona University unpublished M.S. thesis, 169 p.
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