Sample: 06AUMC009.p1


Sample ID: 06AUMC009.p1 [1]
Station ID: 06AUMC009
AT Num:
Volcano: Augustine
Possible source:
Eruption: Augustine 2005/12
Collector: Coombs, M. L.
Date sampled: 2006-02-20
Sample type 1: pyroclastic density current
Color: gray
Final unit: 2006_Cpf
Text Description: 15x13x8 cm subrounded pumice sample, weighing 1.35 kg. Sample is 15% gray throughout, with a salmon-colored cast on some outside surfaces. Rock consists of abundant crystals held together with clear glass fibers. In hand specimen it looks as if the rock would be nearly holocrystalline if voids were removed.
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] Petrology and geochemistry of the 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, 2010

Larsen, J.F., Nye, C.J., Coombs, M.L., Tilman, Mariah, Izbekov, Pavel, and Cameron, Cheryl, 2010, Petrology and geochemistry of the 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, chapter 15 of Power, J.A., Coombs, M.L., and Freymueller, J.T., eds., The 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1769, p. 335-382 and spreadsheets [http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1769/chapters/p1769_chapter15].