Methods of identifying late Quaternary rhyolitic tephras on the ring plains of Ruapehu and Tongariro volcanoes, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-184

  Cronin, Shane J ^a   Neall, V E ^a   Palmer, A S ^a   Stewart, R B ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Discriminant function analysis; Hauparu Tephra; Okaia Tephra; Omataroa Tephra; Rhyolitic tephra correlation; Ring plain; Rotoehu Ash; Ruapehu volcano; Stratigraphy; Tongariro volcano

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSIS; MAKER BED; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE, RUAPEHU VOLCANO; NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE, TONGARIRO VOLCANO;

EID: 0031464919     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1997.9514751     Document Type: Article

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