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SAMPLE INFO : UA1579
Sample ID:UA1579
Station ID:Hunker_Creek
Latitude:64.017
Longitude:-139.147
Datum:NAD83
Sample Type 1:Tephra Fall
Text Description:
Within frozen organic-rich silt. Diffuse bed up to 0.5 cm thick.

References:
The variegated (VT) tephra: A new regional marker for middle to late marine isotope stage 5 across Yukon and Alaska

GEOCHEM DATA
StationIDLatitudeLongitudeGeologistDateVisitedAge InfoVolcanoEruptionLocation DescriptionText DescriptionSample IDSample Type 1Sample Type 2Final UnitMaterialCoeffSiO2TiO2Al2O3FeOTMnOMgOCaONa2OK2OP2O5Total-majorsREF majorsMETH majorsFe2O3/Fe203T origFeO/FeOT origVolatiles csvMETH volatilesCsRbBaSrLaCePrNdSmEuGdTbDyHoErTmYbLuYZrNbHfTaPbThUScVCrFeCoNiCuZnGaMoAsNaKRef trace1METH trace1RbBaSrLaCeNdSmEuGdDyErYbLuYZrNbPbThUScTiVCrNiCuZnGaRef trace2METH trace2Light csvHalogen csvother major csvother lile csvother ree csvother hfse csvother hpe csvother tm csvother misc csv
Hunker_Creek64.017-139.147Unknown, Unknown 106000 ± 10000 TL; 7423; Age is approximate. Average age of two infrared stimulated luminescence ages on loess bracketing VT tephra at Halfway House.Hunker Creek, Yukon. Four-m-thick placer mining exposure consisting of ice, organic-rich silt and a tephra. Coordinates from Jensen and others (2011). Datum not specified, assumed to be NAD83. Within frozen organic-rich silt. Diffuse bed up to 0.5 cm thick. UA1579Tephra FallCumulateGlass 70.17 0.59 14.82 3.33 0.1 0.73 2.72 4.53 2.83 7423EMP3.33Cl=0.17; H2O=2.13EMP

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