Sample: 12AKMC031


Sample ID: 12AKMC031 [1]
Station ID: 12AKMC031
AT Num:
Volcano: Akutan
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Coombs, M. L.
Date sampled: 2012-07-30
Sample type 1: Lava
Color:
Final unit: lcb
Text Description: Lava flow clearly dipping away from this vent, ~4 m massive flow interior, fresher than many lavas we've seen. 20% plag 1-3 mm, 5% cpx to 2mm, small 1 mm ol or opx xtls rare. Medium gray gmass, few % vesicles. As we walk around we see that this flow is the draping flow all along this face of the vent.
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] The eruptive history, magmatic evolution, and influence of glacial ice at long-lived Akutan volcano, eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 2020

Coombs, M.L., and Jicha, B.R., 2020, The eruptive history, magmatic evolution, and influence of glacial ice at long-lived Akutan volcano, eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska: GSA Bulletin, 29 p., https://doi.org/10.1130/B35667.1.