Egmont Volcano, New Zealand: Three-dimensional structure and its implications for evolution

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 149-161

  Locke, Corinne A ^a   Cassidy, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Andesite stratovolcano; Egmont Volcano; Gravity survey; New Zealand; Volcanic structure

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; GRAVITY SURVEY; MAGMA INJECTION; STRATOVOLCANO; VOLCANOLOGY;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, TARANAKI MOUNT TARANAKI;

EID: 0030858472     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(96)00074-1     Document Type: Article

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