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Sample: 06AUKFB229B

Sample ID: 06AUKFB229B [1]
Station ID: 06AUKFB229
AT Num:
Volcano: Augustine
Possible source:
Eruption: Augustine 2005/12
Collector: Bull, K. F.
Date sampled: 2006-08-18
Sample type 1: pyroclastic density current
Color:
Final unit: 2006_ExPfc
Text Description: Sampled from ~0.5 m diameter block of black, hard, dense, glassy, plagioclase-rich porphyritic andesite. Very glassy groundmass, sample contains ~15% plagioclase phenocrysts (2-4 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].