Sample: Y-131
| Sample ID: | Y-131 [1] |
| Station ID: | Y-131 |
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| Volcano: | Kaguyak |
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| 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. Sandy, very fines-poor ignimbrite with several PCZ's. May be slightly syneruptive slope-modified. Overlies lithic-rich fall; orange-brown ferrocreted slabs of ignimbrite 10-40 cm thick suggest primary (fumarolically altered) ignimbrite top is partly preserved here. Estimated thickness 7 m. PCZs, yes. Pumice clasts: white pumice with large pxn-clot blebs. |
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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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