Sample: 01KW-CP1-G3-15-A


Sample ID: 01KW-CP1-G3-15-A [1]
Station ID: 01KW-CP1-G3
AT Num: AT-234-A
Volcano: Spurr
Possible source: Crater Peak
Eruption:
Collector: Wallace, K. L.
Date sampled:
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
Color:
Final unit:
Text Description: Stratigraphic Unit No. 11b. Interpreted deposit type: tephra fall. Thickness: 5.5 cm (132 cm cumulative; unit broken into 7 subunits based on bedding characteristics). Grain size: coarse to medium ash bound by fine ash stringers. Bedding: massive unit bound by clay/silt stringers. Sorting: well sorted between stringers. Juvenile clast type: black-glassy (dense, scoria-like clasts). Remarks: representative sample. Munsell color-wet: 10YR 2/2. Munsell color-dry: 10YR 4/2. Grain shape: angular-subround. Age: >3930+/-40 yr. B.P.
Sample Location:

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and discrimination of Holocene tephra-fall deposits, Mount Spurr volcano, Alaska: Northern Arizona University unpublished M.S. thesis, 169 p.