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  • Usage in publication:
    • Mount Emmons volcanics*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Volcanics
    • Volcaniclastics
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Alaska Peninsula province
    • Alaska Southwestern region
Publication:

Kennedy, G.C., and Waldron, H.H., 1947, Geology of Pavlof Volcano and vicinity, IN Progress of investigations in 1946: U.S. Geological Survey Alaskan Volcano Investigations Report, no. 2, p. 9-18.


Summary:

[Named for Mount Emmons in east-central part of Cold Bay 1:250,000 quad, southwest AK.] [no type designated] Also referred to as Mount Emmons agglomerate. Occurs on summit of Mount Emmons in vicinity of Pavlof Volcano. Consists of interbedded lava flows and agglomerate. [Unconformably] overlies (locally) Dushkin basalt (new) and unnamed volcanic rocks. [Unconformably] underlies glacier ice and snow. (Is at top of rock-column locally.) Age is Quaternary based on regional relations.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).


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