Sample: 12AKMC032


Sample ID: 12AKMC032 [1]
Station ID: 12AKMC032
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: Ice-contact lava flow def. below MC031. Brecciated top, flow forms 18-m-tall face with chaotic apparently horizontal columns, variably glassy. 20-25% <1-3 mm seriate plag, ~5% cpx to 3 mm, maybe rare alt ol, dark gray gmass. Could be used to constrain ice thickness
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.