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Sample: 06AUMC005c.p2

Sample ID: 06AUMC005c.p2 [1]
Station ID: 06AUMC005
AT Num:
Volcano: Augustine
Possible source:
Eruption: Augustine 2005/12
Collector: Coombs, M. L.
Date sampled: 2006-02-20
Sample type 1: Lahar
Color: light grey
Final unit: 2006_ExLh
Text Description: Similar to 06AUMC005c.p1 banded lava. Very little dark material. Analyzed sample is hand-picked fragments of the light andesite. Initial sample weighs 260 g. Mineralogy is similar to 06AUMC005c.p1: plagioclase, pyroxene, and hornblende in a white, glassy, fibrous matrix., Bomb (>64 mm)
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].