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Sample: 85ARJ011Dg

Sample ID: 85ARJ011Dg [1]
Station ID: 85ARJ011
AT Num:
Volcano: Edgecumbe
Possible source: Edgecumbe
Eruption:
Collector: Riehle, J. R.
Date sampled:
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
Color:
Final unit:
Text Description: Lapilli from topmost of multiple beds, above 2R149B. Homogenous scoria having a dark grey glassy groundmass (69.9%), large plagioclase grains, some having fretted interiors (12.0%), olivine (0.9%) and clinopyroxene microphenocrysts (0.8%), macrovesicles (16.2%), and microlites.
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] Pyroclastic deposits of the Mount Edgecumbe volcanic field, Southeast Alaska: eruptions of a stratified magma chamber, 1992

Riehle, J. R., Champion, D. E., Brew, D. A., and Lanphere, M. A., 1992, Pyroclastic deposits of the Mount Edgecumbe volcanic field, Southeast Alaska: eruptions of a stratified magma chamber: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 53, n. 1, p. 117-144.