Understanding the Holocene explosive eruption record of the Tongariro Volcanic Centre, New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth Science at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

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Understanding the Holocene explosive eruption record of the Tongariro Volcanic Centre, New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth Science at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

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The Tongariro Volcanic Centre has experienced many VEI 1-4 eruptions over the last 12 000 cal. yrs. B.P., dominantly from Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe and Red Crater. The historic record of 150 years alone is insufficient to provide a robust understanding of future volcanic hazard, necessitating a quantification of eruption parameters from the geological record. The major obstacle to this is untangling a complex sequence of interdigitating, fine-grained and poorly distinguishable tephras from the three...

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Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2010

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Moebis, Anja

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https://hdl.handle.net/10179/2200

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Volcanic activity / Volcanic hazard analysis / Mount Ruapehu / Mount Ngauruhoe / Mt Ruapehu / Mt Ngauruhoe

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