Late Quaternary constructional history of the southeastern Ruapehu ring plain, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 439-466

  Donoghue, Susan L ^a   Neall, Vincent E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Inter eruptive aggradation; Lahars; Ring plain construction; Ruapehu; Syneruptive aggradation

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; LAHAR; QUATERNARY; RING COMPLEX; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0034760544     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2001.9514949     Document Type: Article

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