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SAMPLE INFO : FC-92
Sample ID:FC-92
Station ID:FC-92
Latitude:54.616
Longitude:-164.355
Datum:NAD83
Date Sampled:2000-07-16
Sample Type 1:Tephra Fall
 Text Description:
"Bullseye" type deposit, pumice on bottom, scoria on top. Pumice is currently ~20 cm which is minimum. Scoria above is very surficial, and is nota primary deposit. Digging into scoria "bed", it turns very fine in < 2cm (surface is coarse), then into silty stuff, then soily stuff. Pit was ~80 cm deep, and no pumice was found. Pumice airfall. Blonde, sparsely phyric, rare lithics. Largest clast ~3cm

References:
Volcanism on Unimak Island, Alaska, USA: a special focus on Shishaldin and Fisher volcanoes

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