Distribution, stratigraphy, and history of proximal deposits from the c. AD 1305 Kaharoa eruptive episode at Tarawera Volcano, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 467-484

  Nairn, I A ^a   Self, S ^b   Cole, J W ^c   Leonard, G S ^c   Scutter, C ^b  

^a University of Hawaii ^*  (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Block and ash flows; Domes; Duration; High silica rhyolite; Lava extrusion; Multiple vents; Plinian eruptions; Stratigraphy; Tarawera Volcano

Indexed keywords

LAVA DOME; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; RHYOLITE; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TARAWERA VOLCANO;

EID: 0034756802     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2001.9514950     Document Type: Article

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