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Sample: 97S-CN-28

Sample ID: 97S-CN-28 [1] [2]
Station ID: 97S-CN-28
AT Num:
Volcano: Shishaldin
Possible source:
Eruption: Shishaldin 1824
Collector: Nye, C. J.
Date sampled: 1997-00-00
Sample type 1: Lava
Color:
Final unit: Hl
Text Description: Quick stop in helicopter on way home @8:30p. Black porph vesic very scraggly flow. Well developed levees and pahoehoe ropy surfaces but seemingly very thin and fragmental. Tephra on top along with glacial outwash obscures surface some. BLISTER?| field lithology: basaltic andesite| vent type: FLANK| dist. to summit in km: 3.2| series: LRB|azimuth 29
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] Geology and petrology of ejecta from the 1999 eruption of Shishaldin Volcano, Alaska, 2002

Stelling, P., Beget, J., Nye, C., Gardner, J., Devine, J. D., and George, R. M. M., 2002, Geology and petrology of ejecta from the 1999 eruption of Shishaldin Volcano, Alaska: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 64, n. 8, p. 548-561.

[2] 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on Unimak Island, Alaska, USA: a special focus on Shishaldin and Fisher volcanoes: University of Alaska Fairbanks unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, 193 p. and one CD-ROM.