Sample: Y-102


Sample ID: Y-102 [1]
Station ID: Y-102
AT Num:
Volcano: Kaguyak
Possible source:
Eruption: Kaguyak CFE
Collector: Fierstein, J. E.
Date sampled: 2000-00-00
Sample type 1: pyroclastic density current
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Text Description: Kaguyak Ignimbrite. tall bluffs of ignimbrite; lower 10 m of exposure is massive ignimbrite, but there are 7 well-defined PCZ zones in the upper 2/3 of the section as well as a few less-well defined zones. Exposed thickness 25-30 m. PCZs 0.75-1.5 m. LCZ: 0.75-1.5 m. See text for MC and ML. Pumice clasts: white to buff pumice most common, but grey scoria is present, and there is abundant banded pumice here; markedly more than at other locations. Lithic clasts: most lithics are grey dacite lava; there is a minor amount of clasts with yellow-orange altered rinds or films
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References Cited

[1] Kaguyak dome field and its Holocene caldera, Alaska Peninsula, 2008

Fierstein, Judy, and Hildreth, Wes, 2008, Kaguyak dome field and its Holocene caldera, Alaska Peninsula: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 177, n. 2, p. 340-366, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.05.016 .
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