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Sample: ANI-36B

Sample ID: ANI-36B [1] [2]
Station ID: Aniakchak_Site_36
AT Num:
Volcano: Aniakchak
Possible source: Aniakchak
Eruption: Aniakchak 1931/5
Collector: Nicholson, R. S.
Date sampled: 2002-00-00
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
Color:
Final unit:
Text Description: Unit T3; Layer A; 62 cm thick; Stratified (see below), poorly sorted, v. coarse bombs supported in sandy matrix, black scoria of variable vesicularity, red phenocryst-rich andesite and glassy black andesite lithic bombs. 5 cm fine, 4 cm coarse, 7 cm fine, 10 cm coarse, 10 cm fine, 15 cm coarse, 20 cm fine
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] The 1931 eruption of Aniakchak volcano, Alaska, 2003

Nicholson, R. S., 2003, The 1931 eruption of Aniakchak volcano, Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks unpublished M.S. thesis, 270 p.

[2] Variations in eruption style during the 1931 A.D. eruption of Aniakchak volcano, Alaska, 2011

Nicholson, R.S., Gardner, J.E., and Neal, C.A., 2011, Variations in eruption style during the 1931 A.D. eruption of Aniakchak volcano, Alaska: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2011.08.002 .