Fault controls on the geometry and location of the Okataina Caldera, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 190, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 136-151

  Seebeck, H ^a,b   Nicol, A ^b   Stern, T A ^a   Bibby, H M ^b   Stagpoole, V ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

caldera; faults; gravity; Okataina; structure

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE RIFTS; CALDERA FORMATION; FAULT SET; GEOLOGICAL DATA; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; MESOZOIC; NEW ZEALAND; RIFT FAULTS; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

BUILDINGS; FABRICS; LITHOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

ACTIVE FAULT; CALDERA; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY SURVEY; LITHOLOGY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

BAY OF PLENTY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; OKATAINA VOLCANIC CENTRE; TAUPO RIFT; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 75849164574     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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