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SAMPLE INFO : FC-173b
Sample ID:FC-173b
Station ID:FC-173
Latitude:54.613
Longitude:-164.485
Datum:NAD83
Date Sampled:2000-07-26
Sample Type 1:Tephra Fall
 Text Description:
Fisher tuff seen, blocky outcrop on gently sloping hillside, almost to the flat bench. Airfall here is very thin. 5cm white/red pumice under >30cm grey pumice (LL=42x18mm)(grey is truncated by erosion). PF thickness is hard to estimate, but ~2m. At top of section tuff much richer in lithics (looks like a breccia almost) bulk sample of white/reddish pumice airfall. Check for lithics

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

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