Sample: 72-ARh-315


Sample ID: 72-ARh-315 [1]
Station ID: 72-ARh-315
AT Num:
Volcano: Jarvis
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Richter, D. H.
Date sampled: 1972-00-00
Sample type 1: Lava
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Final unit:
Text Description: Rhyolite cinder cone and nuee ardente deposits. Cinder cone consists chiefly of unconsolidated rubble of dense glassy blocks, pumiceous scoria, and lapilli. Nuee ardente deposits composed largely of bread-crust blocks in a matrix of unconsolidated ash and lapilli. Rocks are buff to light gray and contain rare small hypersthene and plagioclase phenocrysts in a plagioclase-rich hyalopilitic or glass matrix.
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References Cited

[1] Geologic map of the Nabesna A-5 quadrangle, Alaska, 1976

Richter, D.H., and Smith, R.L., 1976, Geologic map of the Nabesna A-5 quadrangle, Alaska: US Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map 1292, 1 sheet, available at http://www.dggs.dnr.state.ak.us/pubs/pubs?reqtype=citation&ID=13027 .