Tephrostratigraphy and geochemical fingerprinting of the Mangaone Subgroup tephra beds, Okataina Volcanic Centre, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 207-219

  Smith, Victoria C ^a   Shane, P ^a   Smith, I E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Mangaone Subgroup; New stratigraphic names; Okataina Volcanic Centre; Pongakawa Tephra; Pupuwharau Tephra; Taupo Volcanic Zone; Tephra; Tephrostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; OKATAINA VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 0036069395     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2002.9514969     Document Type: Article

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