Sample: 06AUMC005c.p5


Sample ID: 06AUMC005c.p5 [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: 18x16x12 cm, 2.2 kg irregular subrounded pumice block. 50% gray rind (strong greenish cast), 100% gray (black) interior, and one irregular patch of 10% gray felsic material. Sample's groundmass is composed of less than 50% microphenocrysts in a black matrix. Sample contains approximately 10% plagioclase (1-3 mm), 5% pyroxene (1 mm)., 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].