Stratigraphy, age and correlation of middle pleistocene silicic tephras in the auckland region, New Zealand: A prolific distal record of taupo volcanic zone volcanism

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 447-479

  Alloway, Brent ^a   Westgate, John ^b   Pillans, Brad ^c   Pearce, Nick ^d   Newnham, Rewi ^e   Byrami, Mairie ^f   Aarburg, Susanne ^g  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auckland; Density current; Glass ITPFT chronology; Manukau lowlands; Mid Pleistocene; Pyroclastics; Taupo Volcanic Zone; Tephra; Tephrostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

PLEISTOCENE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANISM;

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

EID: 5044227013     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2004.9515070     Document Type: Article

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