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SAMPLE INFO : FC-177a
Sample ID:FC-177a
Station ID:FC-177
Latitude:54.710113964
Longitude:-164.103982334
Datum:NAD83
Date Sampled:2000-07-27
Sample Type 1:Soil
 Text Description:
Avalanche deposit that makes easter Island area overrides thick pumice and scoria fall. Detailed measured section in notes. Thick pumice airfall sequence. Likely from Shishaldin. Base is interbedded airfall deposits, several of which are sampled. Above that is 176 cm white pumice fall, 20cm banded pumice, then ~80 cm black scoria fall. Brown soil at base of stratified section

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

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