Palaeomagnetism and chronology of the central Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 919-934

  Tanaka, H ^a,f   Turner, G M ^b   Houghton, B F ^c   Tachibana, T ^a   Kono, M ^d   McWilliams, M O ^e  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Igneous rock; Palaeomagnetism; Taupo Volcanic Zone; Volcanic activity

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALAEOMAGNETISM; QUATERNARY; VOLCANISM;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 0029751530     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05645.x     Document Type: Article

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