Station: Ester_I

Station ID:	Ester_I ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6]
Volcano:
Collector:	Preece, S. J.
Date visited:
NAD83 latitude:	64.8
NAD83 longitude:	-147.99997
Default location:	No
Location description:	Exposure of Gold Hill Loess in the Ester mining region, an upland remnant created by mining activity, Ester, Alaska. Preece et al.'s (1999) type section for the Ester Ash Bed (EAB). Location imprecisely georeferenced from Figure 4 in Preece et al. (1999).
Station Location:
Samples:	UA743 UA343

References Cited

[1] Tephrochronology of late Cenozoic loess at Fairbanks, central Alaska, 1999

Preece, S. J., Westgate, J. A., Stemper, B. A., and Pewe, T. L., 1999, Tephrochronology of late Cenozoic loess at Fairbanks, central Alaska: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 111, n. 1, p. 71-90.

[2] Late Pliocene Dawson Cut forest bed and new tephrochronological findings in the Gold Hill Loess, east-central Alaska, 2009

Pewe, T.L., Westgate, J.A., Preece, S.J., Brown, P.M., and Leavitt, S.W., 2009, Late Pliocene Dawson Cut forest bed and new tephrochronological findings in the Gold Hill Loess, east-central Alaska: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 121, n. 1-2, p. 294-320, doi: 10.1130/B26323.1 .

[3] Evidence of Quaternary climatic variations in a sequence of loess and related deposits at Birch Creek, Alaska: implications for the Stage 5 climatic chronology, 2001

McDowell, P.F., Edwards, M.E., 2001, Evidence of Quaternary climatic variations in a sequence of loess and related deposits at Birch Creek, Alaska: implications for the Stage 5 climatic chronology: Quaternary Science Reviews v. 20, p. 63-76.

[4] Tephrostratigraphy of the late Cenozoic Gold Hill loess, Fairbanks area, Alaska, 1991

Preece, S. J., 1991, Tephrostratigraphy of the late Cenozoic Gold Hill loess, Fairbanks area, Alaska: University of Toronto (Canada) M.S. thesis, 186 p.

[5] Fission-track ages of late Cenozoic distal tephra beds in the Yukon Territory and Alaska, 1982

Naeser, N. D., Westgate, J. A., Hughes, O. L., and Pewe, T. L., 1982, Fission-track ages of late Cenozoic distal tephra beds in the Yukon Territory and Alaska: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences [Journal Canadien des Sciences de la Terre], v. 19, n. 11, p. 2167-2178.

[6] A 3-my record of Pliocene-Pleistocene loess in interior Alaska, 1990

Westgate, J.A., Stemper, B.A., and Pewe, T.L., 1990, A 3-my record of Pliocene-Pleistocene loess in interior Alaska: Geology, v. 18, p. 858-861.

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