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SAMPLE INFO : FC-138a
Sample ID:FC-138a
Station ID:FC-138
Latitude:54.592
Longitude:-164.367
Datum:NAD83
Date Sampled:2000-07-21
Sample Type 1:Other
 Text Description:
Drainage cut exposes Fisher Tuff. Base is airfall (coarse pumice 65 cm thick), center is thin band of blocky stuff (12 cm thick) and upper 46 cm is likely ash flow, as determined by matrix change. Below deposit is thick clay section. Largest lithic is 121x66 mm. Some sort of mafic nodule in flow, near top of deposit. Black and white speckled, water soaked.

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

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