Late quaternary tephra layers around Raoul and Macauley islands, Kermadec arc: Implications for volcanic sources, explosive volcanism and tephrochronology

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 422-432

  Shane, Phil ^a   Wright, Ian C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Geochemistry; Glass chemistry; Kermadec; Tephra

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; MAGMA; QUATERNARY; RHYOLITE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC GLASS;

KERMADEC ARC; KERMADEC ISLANDS; MACAULEY ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; RAOUL ISLAND; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 79955968267     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1468     Document Type: Article

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