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Text Description: 2008 gabbro, not anlyzed. 1st day back @ Kasatochi - low ceiling - light wind. Arr Adak~17:00, left ~21:00 travel overnight, @KC in morning. Sample is 25 cm l-max piece of cumulate gabbro in slope wash. Very hb-rich regions. Only HB collected as "field mineral separate". (PLANT - just uphill from nye100 - uphill from Shag Rock - single sprig of plant- orthogonal 2-fold sym beach-pea-looking. Growing from secontary mud and ash deposite at least a few, maybe several m thick. this plant growing in "new"soil - not from uncovered '08 or pre'08 soil.). Equant 1-4mm amphibole w/ minor plag. Analyzed as amph separate proxy by hand picking fragments as cleanly as I could. References:  Geology of Kasatochi volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska |
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