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Sample: FC-173a

Sample ID: FC-173a [1]
Station ID: FC-173
AT Num:
Volcano: Fisher
Possible source:
Eruption: Fisher Tuff/Funk Ash/CFE
Collector: Unknown, Unknown
Date sampled: 2000-07-26
Sample type 1: Tuff
Color:
Final unit:
Text Description: Fisher tuff seen, blocky outcrop on gently sloping hillside, almost to the flat bench. Airfall here is very thin. 5cm white/red pumice under >30cm grey pumice (LL=42x18mm)(grey is truncated by erosion). PF thickness is hard to estimate, but ~2m. Fiamme-rich welded tuff
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on Unimak Island, Alaska, USA: a special focus on Shishaldin and Fisher volcanoes: University of Alaska Fairbanks unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, 193 p. and one CD-ROM.