Insights into caldera and regional structures and magma body distribution from lava domes at Rotorua Caldera, New Zealand

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 258, Issue , 2013, Pages 187-202

  Ashwell, P A ^a   Kennedy, B M ^a   Gravley, D M ^a   von Aulock, F W ^a   Cole, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Caldera structure; Flow bands; Geochemistry; Lava dome; Morphology; Rotorua

Indexed keywords

CALDERA-FORMING ERUPTION; FLOW BANDS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LAVA DOME; LAVA DOME ERUPTION; ROTORUA; SURFACE EXPRESSION; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

DOMES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; LEVEES; MORPHOLOGY; PETROGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CALDERA; DIKE; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNIMBRITE; LAVA DOME; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA; PETROLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; RHYOLITE; RIFT ZONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

BAY OF PLENTY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; ROTORUA; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 84878605638     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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