The Whakamaru group ignimbrites, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand: Evidence for reverse tapping of a zoned silicic magmatic system

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-37

  Brown, S J A ^a,b   Wilson, C J N ^c   Cole, J W ^a   Wooden, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Ignimbrites; Magma withdrawal; Magmatism; New Zealand; Rhyolite magma chamber; Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ); Whakamaru ignimbrites

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNIMBRITE; MAGMATISM;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032581836     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(98)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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