Geologist Michelle Coombs (USGS/AVO) investigates the yellow, orange, and pink, bedded, altered, and indurated deposits forming the ridge line of Big Pink. Sample 19AAJRS017a is a 17-cm juvenile lava bomb encased in a pink indurated clastic matrix; sample 19AAJRS017b is a similar but larger bomb, ~35-cm in diameter.
Date: Jul 27th, 2019
Volcano(es): Atka volcanic complex
Photographer: Schaefer, Janet
URL: avo.alaska.edu/image/view/148081
Credit: Image courtesy of the AVO/ADGGS.
Use Restriction: Please cite the photographer and the Alaska Volcano Observatory / Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys when using this image.
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Volcano(es): Atka volcanic complex
Photographer: Schaefer, Janet
URL: avo.alaska.edu/image/view/148081
Location:
Latitude: 52.327980555556
Longitude: -174.20381111111
Use Restriction: Please cite the photographer and the Alaska Volcano Observatory / Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys when using this image.
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