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Sample: Merrill_1885_2

Sample ID: Merrill_1885_2 [1] [2]
Station ID: unnamed1
AT Num:
Volcano: Bogoslof
Possible source:
Eruption: Bogoslof 1883/8
Collector: Stoney, G. M.
Date sampled:
Sample type 1: Lava
Color:
Final unit:
Text Description: Inferred to be an ejected volcanic block. Dark color, compact texture, bears microscopic hornblende up to 1/4 of an inch in diameter, feldspars scattered through groundmass, groundmass consists mainly of colorless microlites and iron ore.
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] On hornblende andesites from the new volcano on Bogosloff Island in Bering Sea, 1885

Merrill, G. P., 1885, On hornblende andesites from the new volcano on Bogosloff Island in Bering Sea: United States National Museum Proceedings 0008, Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution, p. 31-33.
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[2] Formation of two maars behind the Aleutian volcanic arc, Alaska Peninsula, April 1977, preliminary results: field reconnaissance, geochemistry and seismicity, 1978

Kienle, J., Motyka, R. J., Lalla, D. J., Estes, S. A., and Huot, J. P., 1978, Formation of two maars behind the Aleutian volcanic arc, Alaska Peninsula, April 1977, preliminary results: field reconnaissance, geochemistry and seismicity: University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute Report UAG-R 257, 26 p.