Sample: 09RDWES303


Sample ID: 09RDWES303 [1]
Station ID: 09RDWES303
AT Num:
Volcano: Redoubt
Possible source: Redoubt
Eruption: Redoubt 2009/3
Collector: Scott, W. E.
Date sampled: 2009-04-17
Sample type 1: Lahar
Color: gray
Final unit:
Text Description: S side Drift R valley SE of moraine of Drift River Lobe of Double Glacier. Part of prismatically jointed block from 4/4 lahar deposit.. Several pieces of p.j. dome block. xl rich hb-px-pl andesite. Diffuse banding notable from 40grey to 5grey (from a distance rock is average 20grey). Unclear w/out t.s. what the origin of banding is. May be just glass rich and xl rich zones. (That would still indicate differential movement and shear w/in magma?)
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] Andesites of the 2009 eruption of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska, 2013

Coombs, M.L., Sisson, T.W., Bleick, H.A., Henton, S.M., Nye, C.J., Payne, A.L., Cameron, C.E., Larsen, J.F., Wallace, K.L., and Bull, K.F., 2013, Andesites of the 2009 eruption of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 259, p. 349-372, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.01.002