Some Properties and Age of Volcanic Ash in Glacier Bay National Monument
Volcanic ash occurs in a 12-m thick section of gravels, silt and sand, exposed on both sides of Granite Canyon in the eastern part of the Monument. C-14 dates on wood from nearby marine deposits indicate an age for the ash of approx 11,000 BP. Mount Edgecumbe near Sitka may have been the source. Res...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/66205 2023-05-15T14:19:19+02:00 Some Properties and Age of Volcanic Ash in Glacier Bay National Monument McKenzie, Garry D. 1970-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66205 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66205/50118 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66205 ARCTIC; Vol. 23 No. 1 (1970): March: 1–63; 46-49 1923-1245 0004-0843 Loess info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1970 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:23:07Z Volcanic ash occurs in a 12-m thick section of gravels, silt and sand, exposed on both sides of Granite Canyon in the eastern part of the Monument. C-14 dates on wood from nearby marine deposits indicate an age for the ash of approx 11,000 BP. Mount Edgecumbe near Sitka may have been the source. Results of granulometric, petrographic and chemical analyses are reported. The ash was deposited in a near-shore marine environment as part of the Forest Creek Formation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic University of Calgary Journal Hosting Glacier Bay Granite Canyon ENVELOPE(-136.212,-136.212,62.850,62.850) The Monument ENVELOPE(162.250,162.250,-72.583,-72.583) ARCTIC 23 1 |
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Volcanic ash occurs in a 12-m thick section of gravels, silt and sand, exposed on both sides of Granite Canyon in the eastern part of the Monument. C-14 dates on wood from nearby marine deposits indicate an age for the ash of approx 11,000 BP. Mount Edgecumbe near Sitka may have been the source. Results of granulometric, petrographic and chemical analyses are reported. The ash was deposited in a near-shore marine environment as part of the Forest Creek Formation. |
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Some Properties and Age of Volcanic Ash in Glacier Bay National Monument |
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Some Properties and Age of Volcanic Ash in Glacier Bay National Monument |
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Some Properties and Age of Volcanic Ash in Glacier Bay National Monument |
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Some Properties and Age of Volcanic Ash in Glacier Bay National Monument |
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