Sample: 88VS03


Sample ID: 88VS03 [1]
Station ID: 88VS03
AT Num:
Volcano: Vsevidof
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Nye, C. J.
Date sampled: 1988-01-01
Sample type 1: Lava
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Text Description: Sample from low elevation flows from west (Kigushimkada) rift. Sparsely porphyritic basaltic andesite. <10% plagioclase phenocrysts (0.8 x 0.3 mm). 90% groundmass consisting of 50% plagioclase microlites (350 x 50 microns, commonly with swallowtail terminations) in a matrix of plagioclase, pyroxene, opaques, and glass. Plagioclase phenocrysts are clean; they do not contain dusty, reacted, or inclusion rich zones.
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References Cited

[1] Geochemistry of some Quaternary lavas from the Aleutian Arc and Mt. Wrangell, 2018

Nye, C.J., Beget, J.E., Layer, P.W., Mangan, M.T., McConnell, V.S., McGimsey, R.G., Miller, T.P., Moore, R.B., and Stelling, P.L., 2018, Geochemistry of some quaternary lavas from the Aleutian Arc and Mt. Wrangell: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2018-1, 29 p. http://doi.org/10.14509/29843