Sample: CG11


Sample ID: CG11 [1]
Station ID: Clam_Gulch
AT Num:
Volcano:
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Unknown, Unknown
Date sampled:
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
Color: pink-white
Final unit:
Text Description: Sampled from a 2-3 cm pink-white, fine- to medium-grained tephra layer in a sandstone unit with coal stringers. There are fine coal stringers immediately above and below CG11 . About 30% delicate-looking bubblewall shards and slightly altered pumice fragments, and 5-7% plagioclase. Few grains are zoned or twinned. Trace quartz with undulose extinction, volcanic rock fragments, hornblende, zircon, and organic material.
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] Tephra layers as correlation tools of Neogene coal-bearing strata from the Kenai Lowland, Alaska, 1995

Reinink-Smith, L. M., 1995, Tephra layers as correlation tools of Neogene coal-bearing strata from the Kenai Lowland, Alaska: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 107, n. 3, p. 340-353.