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Sample: FC-161b

Sample ID: FC-161b [1] [2]
Station ID: FC-161
AT Num:
Volcano: Fisher
Possible source:
Eruption: Fisher Tuff/Funk Ash/CFE
Collector: Unknown, Unknown
Date sampled: 2000-07-25
Sample type 1: pyroclastic density current
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Text Description: Streamcut shows measured section. Highlights: base is white alluvium, there are several thin pumice beds (some white, some pink, some tan), 12cm PF, capped by soil Bulk sample of possible PF. From Gardner and others (2007): Scoria. Median density Phi= -1.5 ; mm= 2.83 . Sorting= 3.42 . Coarse mode of grain size Phi= -2.5 ; mm= 5.66 . Fine mode of grain size Phi= 5.5 ; mm= 0.02 . Lithics wt%= 27.8
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30 km
30 mi
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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on Unimak Island, Alaska, USA: a special focus on Shishaldin and Fisher volcanoes: University of Alaska Fairbanks unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, 193 p. and one CD-ROM.

[2] Eruption and deposition of the Fisher Tuff (Alaska): evidence for the evolution of pyroclastic flows, 2007

Gardner, J.E., Burgisser, Alain, and Stelling, Pete, 2007, Eruption and deposition of the Fisher Tuff (Alaska): evidence for the evolution of pyroclastic flows: Journal of Geology, v. 115, p. 417-435.