Sample: 09KCnye100


Sample ID: 09KCnye100 [1]
Station ID: 09KCnye100
AT Num:
Volcano: Kasatochi
Possible source: Kasatochi
Eruption: Kasatochi 2008/8
Collector: Nye, C. J.
Date sampled:
Sample type 1: Other
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Final unit:
Text Description: 2008 gabbro, not anlyzed. 1st day back @ Kasatochi - low ceiling - light wind. Arr Adak~17:00, left ~21:00 travel overnight, @KC in morning. Sample is 25 cm l-max piece of cumulate gabbro in slope wash. Very hb-rich regions. Only HB collected as "field mineral separate". (PLANT - just uphill from nye100 - uphill from Shag Rock - single sprig of plant- orthogonal 2-fold sym beach-pea-looking. Growing from secontary mud and ash deposite at least a few, maybe several m thick. this plant growing in "new"soil - not from uncovered '08 or pre'08 soil.). Equant 1-4mm amphibole w/ minor plag. Analyzed as amph separate proxy by hand picking fragments as cleanly as I could.
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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