The ∼AD1315 Tarawera and Waiotapu eruptions, New Zealand: Contemporaneous rhyolite and hydrothermal eruptions driven by an arrested basalt dike system?

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 186-193

  Nairn, Ian A ^a   Hedenquist, Jeffrey W ^b   Villamor, Pilar ^c   Berryman, Kelvin R ^c   Shane, Phil A ^d  

^a Colorado School of Mines ^*

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Basalt; CO2; Dikes; Eruptions; Faulting; Hydrothermal; Rhyolite

Indexed keywords

DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; TRIGGER MECHANISM; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO; WAIOTAPU; WORLD;

EID: 13444269526     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-004-0373-7     Document Type: Article

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