Crystallisation ages in coeval silicic magma bodies: 238U-230Th disequilibrium evidence from the Rotoiti and earthquake flat eruption deposits, Taupo volcanic zone, New Zealand

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 441-457

  Charlier, Bruce L A ^a   Peate, David W ^b   Wilson, Colin J N ^c   Lowenstern, Jacob B ^d   Storey, Michael ^b   Brown, Stuart J A ^e  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Earthquake flat eruption; Granitoid; Okataina volcano; Rhyolite; Rotoiti eruption; Taupo Volcanic Zone; U Th disequilibrium dating; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GRANITOID; MAGMA; RHYOLITE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 0037441839     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01109-3     Document Type: Article

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