Sample: K-91-6-26A


Sample ID: K-91-6-26A [1]
Station ID: Lost_Chicken-II
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Collector: Unknown, Unknown
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Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
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Text Description: Up to 10 cm in thickness, occurs at several places in the exposure, sometimes within peat. Composed mostly of pumiceous glass, although some poorly vesicular glass is present. Plagioclase feldspar and biotite predominate in the crystal fraction, which also contains some basaltic hornblende, hornblende, and FeTi oxides.
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References Cited

[1] Stratigraphy, fossils, and age of sediments at the upper pit of the Lost Chicken gold mine: new information on the late Pliocene environment of east central Alaska, 2003

Matthews, J.V., Westgate, J.A., Ovenden, L., Carter, D.L., and Fouch, T., 2003, Stratigraphy, fossils, and age of sediments at the upper pit of the Lost Chicken gold mine: new information on the late Pliocene environment of east central Alaska: Quaternary Research, v. 60, n. 1, p. 9-18.