Sample: 09KCNYE106


Sample ID: 09KCNYE106 [1]
Station ID: 09KCNYE106
AT Num:
Volcano: Kasatochi
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Nye, C. J.
Date sampled: 2009-01-01
Sample type 1:
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Text Description: Hand sample; >20g. 0.75m thick scoria lag - several scoriae merged in one sample. In thick section of volcaniclastics w/ meter scale crude bedding. Monolithologic subrounded dense scoria. Medium gray (50%k); 25%plag - stubby prisms and tablets 1x3mm; 5% cpx - equant, euhedral, to 5mm; <5% other mafic mineral -amphibole?. Groundmass (gms) clean gray, small total void space as tiny (<0.1mm) vesicles.
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References Cited

[1] Geology of Kasatochi volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 2017

Nye, C.J., Scott, W.E., Neill, O.K., Waythomas, C.F., Cameron, C.E., and Calvert, A.T., 2017, Geology of Kasatochi volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 123, 127 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:5000. http://doi.org/10.14509/29718
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