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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The Arctic Institute of North America
1970
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Online Access: | https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66205 |