Lyttelton Volcano, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand: Primary volcanic landforms and eruptive centre identification

Geomorphology

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 284-298

  Hampton, S J ^a   Cole, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cone artefacts; Cone sectors; Constructional, hypabyssal, and erosional volcanic features; Eruptive centres; Lyttelton Volcano

Indexed keywords

CRATER; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; DIKE SWARM; LAVA DOME; LAVA FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC LANDFORM; VOLCANISM;

AUSTRALASIA; BANKS PENINSULA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 58249102266     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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