Sample: Y-125

Sample ID:	Y-125 ^[1]
Station ID:	Y-125
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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Final unit:
Text Description:	Kaguyak Ignimbrite. Grey-brown sandy, small pumice and lithic-rich ignimbrite with conspicuous 2-m-thick LCZ near top of exposure. LCZ has 50-70 volume% lithics. Exposed thickness 6-8 m. no PCZs. LCZ: 2 m. See text for MC and ML. Pumice clasts: mostly white or light pumice, but scoria and banded pumice are present. Lithic clasts: all clasts are grey andesite-dacite lavas; a significant fraction are altered or have orange-brown alteration rinds.
Sample Location:

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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