Sample: 09KCwes020


Sample ID: 09KCwes020 [1]
Station ID: 09KCwes020
AT Num:
Volcano: Kasatochi
Possible source: Kasatochi
Eruption: Kasatochi 2008/8
Collector: Scott, W. E.
Date sampled:
Sample type 1: pyroclastic density current
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Text Description: 2008 pyroclastic flows - unanalyzed scoria. Single 15-cm clast of banded brown and light-gray pumice. Collect entire clast and put in 2 bags, A and B. Collected from exposed basal unit of massive pfs. Banded pumice/scoria with cm-scale bands with sharp to moderately sharp edges. Dark band is dark olive gray - light is 10%k with very faint yellow tinge. Dark bands have large amphiboles (up to 1 cm) not found in light bands.
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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