Sample: FC-92

Sample ID:	FC-92 ^[1]
Station ID:	FC-92
AT Num:
Volcano:	Fisher
Possible source:	Fisher
Eruption:
Collector:	Unknown, Unknown
Date sampled:	2000-07-16
Sample type 1:	Tephra Fall
Color:
Final unit:
Text Description:	"Bullseye" type deposit, pumice on bottom, scoria on top. Pumice is currently ~20 cm which is minimum. Scoria above is very surficial, and is nota primary deposit. Digging into scoria "bed", it turns very fine in < 2cm (surface is coarse), then into silty stuff, then soily stuff. Pit was ~80 cm deep, and no pumice was found. Pumice airfall. Blonde, sparsely phyric, rare lithics. Largest clast ~3cm
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] Volcanism on Unimak Island, Alaska, USA: a special focus on Shishaldin and Fisher volcanoes, 2003

Stelling, P. L., 2003, Volcanism on Unimak Island, Alaska, USA: a special focus on Shishaldin and Fisher volcanoes: University of Alaska Fairbanks unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, 193 p. and one CD-ROM.

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