- Usage in publication:
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- Ester ash bed*
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Ash
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Alaska East-Central region
Summary:
Unit is named the Ester Ash Bed. Consists of a 6-inch-thick gray to white, pure glass volcanic-ash. Occurs in unnamed upland silt. Age is Pleistocene.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Ester Ash Bed*
- Modifications:
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- Age modified
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Alaska East-Central region
Summary:
Type section is designated. Is [enclosed] within the Fairbanks Loess and its valley-bottom equivalent the Gold Hill Loess. Age is thought to be early Illinoian.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Ester Ash Bed*
- Modifications:
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- Age modified
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Alaska East-Central region
Summary:
Ester Ash Bed is shown on table of correlation of local, nonglacial sequences in Alaska (table 3) as Pleistocene (Illinoian).
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
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