The Pokai and Chimp ignimbrites of NW Taupo Volcanic Zone

Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ) is the largest active volcanic belt in New Zealand, and has erupted >10.000 km3 of dominantly rhyolitic magma during the last 1.6 m.y. This study concerns the field relations, volcanology and petrology of two post-Whakamaru (330 ka) - pre-Mamaku (140 ka) ignimbrites, inf...

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Main Author: Karhunen, Ritva Annikki
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Geology 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5791