Sample: 09KCWES008


Sample ID: 09KCWES008 [1]
Station ID: 09KCWES008
AT Num:
Volcano: Kasatochi
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Scott, W. E.
Date sampled: 2009-01-01
Sample type 1:
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Text Description: Hand sample; >20g. Single dark-gray scoriaceous bomb from pf deposit; scattered oversize clear plag; found at base of exposure so not certain this is pre-08. Black scoria. plag, cpx, ol?. Xls mostly ~1mm, some larger plag. Gms microcrystalline. Sample is very fresh. WES comment - if this was inherited from preexisting surface that surface, or this bomb, must have been very young, else weathering associated w/ soil development etc. would have altered this.
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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