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Some Aspects of Quaternary History of Tongariro Volcanic Centre

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posted on 2022-03-01, 01:02 authored by Wayne William Topping
The Tongariro Volcanic Centre, at the southern end of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, North Island, New Zealand, consists of five large andesite volcanoes - Ruapehu, Tongariro, Ngauruhoe, Pihanga and Kaharamea-Tihia - with several associated minor volcanoes and vents all of Quaternary age. In the northern part of the Centre the north-westerly trending Kakaramea-Tihia Massif and Pihanga form a chain of volcanoes which last erupted more than 20,000 years BP, but from which large mudflows have recurred up to as recently as 1910 A.D. By contrast the other two multiple vent volcanoes - Ruapehu and the Tongariro Massif - include several vents (four and possibly five) that have been active during the last 100 years and, in particular, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu Crater Lake.

History

Copyright Date

1974-01-01

Date of Award

1974-01-01

Publisher

Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

Rights License

Author Retains All Rights

Degree Discipline

Geology

Degree Grantor

Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

Degree Level

Doctoral

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

Victoria University of Wellington Item Type

Awarded Doctoral Thesis

Language

en_NZ

Victoria University of Wellington School

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

Advisors

Vucetich, C G, Cole, J W