Sample: 01KW-CP5-6
| Sample ID: | 01KW-CP5-6 [1] | ||||||||||
| Station ID: | 01KW-CP5 | ||||||||||
| AT Num: | AT-256 | ||||||||||
| 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. PIT 3, unit d. Interpreted deposit type: multiple tephra fall, paleosol complex. Thickness: 39 cm (multiple 0.5 to 2 cm tephra lenses). Grain size: coarse to medium ash lenses, and fine lapilli lenses. Bedding: lenses both continuous and discontinuous. Sorting: well sorted. Juvenile clast type: black (dense, scoria-like clasts) and tan (pumice-like clasts, yet still poorly vesiculated). Remarks: discontinuous lens. Munsell color-wet: 5YR 3/2. Munsell color-dry: 5YR 6/2. Grain shape: angular-subround. Age: >3650+/-150 yr. B.P. | ||||||||||
| Sample Location: |
      Akutan Aniakchak Atka volcanic complex Augustine Cleveland Dutton Edgecumbe Fisher Gareloi Great Sitkin Griggs Iliamna Isanotski Kanaga Katmai Little Sitkin Mageik Makushin Martin Novarupta Pavlof Redoubt Semisopochnoi Shishaldin Snowy Spurr Takawangha Tanaga Trident Ugashik-Peulik Ukinrek Maars Veniaminof Westdahl Wrangell Legend ✕
30 km 20 mi |
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and discrimination of Holocene tephra-fall deposits, Mount Spurr volcano, Alaska: Northern Arizona University unpublished M.S. thesis, 169 p.
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