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Sample: 01KW-CP5-2-A

Sample ID: 01KW-CP5-2-A [1] [2]
Station ID: 01KW-CP5
AT Num: AT-252-A
Volcano: Spurr
Possible source: Crater Peak
Eruption: Crater Peak 1953/7
Collector: Wallace, K. L.
Date sampled:
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
Color:
Final unit:
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.
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and discrimination of Holocene tephra-fall deposits, Mount Spurr volcano, Alaska: Northern Arizona University unpublished M.S. thesis, 169 p.

[2] Early and late Holocene glacial fluctuations and tephrostratigraphy, Cabin Lake, Alaska, 2013

Zander, P.D., Kaufman, D.S., Kuehn, S.C., Wallace, K.L., and Anderson, R.S., 2013, Early and late Holocene glacial fluctuations and tephrostratigraphy, Cabin Lake, Alaska: Journal of Quaternary Science, v. 28, n. 8, p. 761-771, doi:10.1002/jqs.2671 .