Sample: AL09-08Mcap


Sample ID: AL09-08Mcap [1]
Station ID: AL09-08
AT Num:
Volcano: Makushin
Possible source:
Eruption: Makushin Driftwood Pumice
Collector: Lerner, A. H.
Date sampled: 2008-11-30
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
Color: dark brown-gray
Final unit:
Text Description: Mcap is a dark brown-gray ash layer 3-12cm thick , that caps the DWP deposit. Well-sorted and composed of gray-brown glass shards, plagioclase crystals, mafic minrerals, and lithic fragments, with <1% light brown-beige pumiceous shards.
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] Stratigraphy, distribution, and evidence for mafic triggering of the ca. 8.5 ka Driftwood Pumice eruption, Makushin Volcano, Alaska, U.S.A., 2018

Lerner, A.H., Crowley, P.D., Nicolaysen, K.P., and Hazlett, R.W., 2018, Stratigraphy, distribution, and evidence for mafic triggering of the ca. 8.5 ka Driftwood Pumice eruption, Makushin Volcano, Alaska, U.S.A.: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 357, p. 362-377, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2018.05.006 .