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SAMPLE INFO : S_of_Y-99
Sample ID:S_of_Y-99
Station ID:S_of_Y-99
Latitude:58.6113
Longitude:-154.0245
Datum:NAD83
Date Sampled:2000-00-00
Sample Type 1:pyroclastic density current
 Text Description:
Kaguyak ignimbrite. ignimbrite is overlain by 6-10 m of stratified, crossbedded crystal-rich sediments (mostly medium to coarse sand, few clasts >1 cm); top of ignimbrite and all sediments are ferrocreted rusty orange; nothing between ignimbrite+sediments. Many plates of ferrocreted stratified sediments. Exposed thickness 45-40 m.

References:
Kaguyak dome field and its Holocene caldera, Alaska Peninsula

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