Sample: 88VS04


Sample ID: 88VS04 [1]
Station ID: 88VS04
AT Num:
Volcano: Vsevidof
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Nye, C. J.
Date sampled: 1988-01-01
Sample type 1: Lava
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Final unit:
Text Description: Sample from small lava knob. Outcrop composed of columns ~10 cm in diameter. Fine grained andesite with ~40% plagioclase laths (1.2 x 0.2 mm), and <5% pyroxene (0.3 mm) in a hypocrystalline groundmass. Plagioclase laths commonly have swallowtail terminations and 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