The ~ 10 ka multiple vent pyroclastic eruption sequence at Tongariro Volcanic Centre, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand: Part 1. Eruptive processes during regional extension

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 19-44

  Nairn, Ian A ^a   Kobayashi, Tetsuo ^a   Nakagawa, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accelerated extension; Mangamate eruption; Multiple vents; Pahoka eruption; Rifting; Tongariro Volcanic Centre

Indexed keywords

EXTENSION; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; QUATERNARY; RIFTING; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032434491     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(98)00085-7     Document Type: Article

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