Late Pleistocene siliceous sinter associated with fluvial, lacustrine, volcaniclastic and landslide deposits at Tahunaatara, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 485-501

  Campbell, Kathleen A ^a,b   Buddle, T F ^a   Browne, P R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot spring deposit; Inverted topography; Opal A; Steam condensate alteration

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; OPAL; PLEISTOCENE; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT; SINTER;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE; WORLD;

ENTOVALVA; FRAXINUS;

EID: 11944250219     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263593300000833     Document Type: Article

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