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Station: AL-6

Station ID: AL-6 [1] [2]
Volcano:
Collector: Kaufman, D. S.
Date visited:
NAD83 latitude: 59.47
NAD83 longitude: -161.11998
Default location: No
Location description: Lacustrine core from Arolik Lake in the Ahklun Mountains, southwest Alaska. The cores contain interbeds of mud and detrital organic material and at least six prominent tephra layers. The tephras appear as distinct beds of angular, very fine to medium sand-sized pumice grains, glass shards, and primary minerals. See Kaufman et al. (2003) for detailed description.
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References Cited

[1] Late Quaternary tephrostratigraphy, Ahklun Mountains, SW Alaska, 2012

Kaufman, D.S., Jensen, B.J.L., Reyes, A.V., Schiff, C.J., Froese, D.G., and Pearce, N.J.G., 2012, Late Quaternary tephrostratigraphy, Ahklun Mountains, SW Alaska: Journal of Quaternary Science, v. 27, n. 4, p. 344-359, doi:10.1002/jqs.1552 .

[2] A 33,000 year record of environmental change from Arolik Lake, Ahklun Mountains, Alaska, 2003

Kaufman, D.S., Hu, F.S., Briner, J.P., Werner, Al, Finney, B.P., and Gregory-Eaves, Irene, 2003, A 33,000 year record of environmental change from Arolik Lake, Ahklun Mountains, Alaska: Journal of Paleolimnology, v. 30, p. 343-362.