Facies analysis of pyroclastic deposits within basaltic tuff-rings of the Auckland volcanic field, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 309-327

  Allen, Sharon R ^a,b   Bryner, Vivienne F ^a   Smith, Ian E M ^a   Ballance, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auckland volcanic field; Dry surge; Phreatomagmatic; Strombolian; Tuff ring; Wet surge

Indexed keywords

BASALT; FACIES ANALYSIS; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; TUFF RING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, AUCKLAND;

EID: 0030455539     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1996.9514714     Document Type: Article

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