Sample: 81ARj 36


Sample ID: 81ARj 36 [1]
Station ID: 81ARj 36
AT Num:
Volcano: Kialagvik
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Riehle, J. R.
Date sampled: 1981-01-01
Sample type 1: Lava
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Final unit:
Text Description: older dome. Porphyritic dacite (S; high-silica andesite G). Strongly flow foliated, contains phenocrysts of plagioclase (An 60) and clinopyroxene in a devitrified groundmass. Minor alterations of phenocrysts in which clinopyroxene alters to bastite and opaque minerals. Abrupt transition in thin section from aphanitic to fine-grained groundmass.
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References Cited

[1] Map and tables showing geochronology and whole-rock geochemistry of selected samples, Ugashik and part of Karluk quadrangles, Alaska, 1992

Wilson, F.H., and Shew, Nora, 1992, Map and tables showing geochronology and whole-rock geochemistry of selected samples, Ugashik and part of Karluk quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1539-E, 34 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.