Sample: Tephra 17A Arce


Sample ID: Tephra 17A Arce [1]
Station ID: Ash Station 17 Arce
AT Num:
Volcano: Makushin
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Arce, G. N.
Date sampled: 1982-00-00
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
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Final unit:
Text Description: Coarse to medium ash consisting of accessory lithics + scoria + hypersthene + augite. Cruciform twinning on hypersthene. Sharp contacts. Orange color in the field, grayish black color after cleaning. 20.3 cm thick.
Sample Location:

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G. N., 1983, Volcanic hazards from Makushin Volcano, northern Unalaska Island, Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks unpublished M.S. thesis, Fairbanks, AK, 142 p., 2 sheets, scale unknown.