Widespread late glacial and postglacial tephra deposits from Mount St. Helens Volcano, Washington
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Abstract
Pumice layers composing four different groups of tephra beds (termed "sets"), whose stratigraphy, age, and trend away from Mount St. Helens are fairly well known, are potentially valuable stratigraphic markers in the northwestern United States and adjacent parts of Canada. All four tephra sets are less than about 18,000 yr old. The oldest set described (set S) is between about 18,000 and 12,000 yr old; the most extensive pumice layers of the set, however, probably are no more than about 13,000 yr old. Relatively voluminous layers in the next younger tephra unit (set J) probably range from slightly less than 12,000 to slightly more than 8,000 yr old; in the overlying set Y, the most extensive layers range from about 4,000 to 3,400 yr old. The largest tephra layers in the youngest tephra set described, set W, are apparently all about 450 yr old. All the extensive tephra deposits were carried chiefly east of Mount St. Helens, and the bulk of them form an arc which extends from north-northeast of the volcano clockwise around to the southeast.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Widespread late glacial and postglacial tephra deposits from Mount St. Helens Volcano, Washington |
| Series title | Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1975 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U. S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 7 p. |
| First page | 329 |
| Last page | 335 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| Other Geospatial | Mount St. Helens |
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