Early to middle Pleistocene tephrochronology of North Island, New Zealand: Implications for volcanism, tectonism, and paleoenvironments

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 915-925

  Shane, Philip A R ^a,b,c   Black, Tasha M ^b   Alloway, Brent V ^c   Westgate, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION REACTIONS; GEOMAGNETISM; VOLCANOES;

EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITY; FISSION TRACK AGES; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION; PALEOENVIRONMENTS; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; TRANSPORT ROUTES; VOLCANICLASTICS;

TRANSPORTATION ROUTES; FISSION REACTIONS;

DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FACIES ANALYSIS; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; TECTONIC SETTING; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANISM; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; TECTONICS; TEPHRA;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 0030450637     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0915:ETMPTO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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