Sedanka lava field

 

Soil-pyroclastic cover in the Sedanka lava field (northern part of Sredinny Range). Black layer in the middle of the section is a mafic cinder from the latest eruptive activity of the Sedanka lava field. Regional marker tephras: KHG - Khangar volcano (6850 14C yr BP); KS1- Ksudach (1800 14C yr BP). Most of the other light-colored tephras are from Shiveluch volcano. A knife is ~25 cm long.

 

 

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