Sample: Tephra 2B Arce


Sample ID: Tephra 2B Arce [1]
Station ID: Ash Station 2 Arce
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Volcano: Makushin
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Eruption:
Collector: Arce, G. N.
Date sampled: 1982-00-00
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
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Text Description: Coarse to fine ash consisting of accessory lithics + scoria + plagioclase + augite + hypersthene. Parallel "side-by-side" twinning on hypersthene. Light brown color in the field, salt and pepper color after cleaning. Diffuse lower contact, sharp upper contact. 4 cm thick.
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References Cited

[1] Volcanic hazards from Makushin Volcano, northern Unalaska Island, Alaska, 1983

Arce, G. N., 1983, Volcanic hazards from Makushin Volcano, northern Unalaska Island, Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks unpublished M.S. thesis, Fairbanks, AK, 142 p., 2 sheets, scale unknown.