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SAMPLE INFO : 09KCwes002
Sample ID:09KCwes002
Station ID:09KCwes002
Latitude:52.17988
Longitude:-175.49893
Datum:NAD83
Sample Type 1:Pyroclastic Flow
Sample Type 2:Scoria
 Text Description:
2008 pyroclastic flows - unanalyzed scoria. Single 25-cm pumice bomb from 2008 pf; clots of hb mush; 1-cm oxid rim; range of vesicularity. Pfs partly bury pre-08 sea cliff formed of lava flows. Banded. Dominantly light tannish-gray w/ 1-2cm darker chocolate-gray bands. Sharpness of contacts is moderate.

References:
Geology of Kasatochi volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

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