Sample: 10KCNYE005


Sample ID: 10KCNYE005 [1]
Station ID: 10KCNYE005
AT Num:
Volcano: Kasatochi
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Nye, C. J.
Date sampled: 2010-01-01
Sample type 1:
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Text Description: Hand sample; >20g. Ol-cpx basalt identical to Greg's m.r. in hand-specimen. Next available outcrop south of 004. 1-2m wide crude vertical columns w/ horizontal band/detachment surfaces a few cm wide every 10-30 cm. Pyroxene basalt. ~30% total 1-3mm phenocrysts; cpx>ol; plag Phenocrysts of similar size rare, but 1mm plag laths are common - unclear in h.s. if these are gms or phenocrysts. Sugary 40%k gms.
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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