Taupō: an overview of New Zealand's youngest supervolcano

SJ Barker, CJN Wilson, F Illsley-Kemp… - New Zealand Journal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Taupō volcano (New Zealand) is distinguished as the source of Earth's
youngest supereruption (∼ 25.5 ka), with Lake Taupō occupying the resulting caldera …

Fingerprints and age models for widespread New Zealand tephra marker beds erupted since 30,000 years ago: a framework for NZ-INTIMATE

DJ Lowe, PAR Shane, BV Alloway… - Quaternary Science …, 2008 - Elsevier
The role of tephras in the NZ-INTIMATE project is a critical one because most high-
resolution palaeoclimatic records are linked and dated by one or more tephra layers. In this …

Rhyolites and their source mushes across tectonic settings

O Bachmann, GW Bergantz - Journal of Petrology, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Evolved magmas, including highly explosive rhyolites, are mainly generated by extraction of
viscous melts from solid residues either in (1) partial melting zones within the crust …

Trace element composition of igneous zircon: a thermal and compositional record of the accumulation and evolution of a large silicic batholith, Spirit Mountain …

LL Claiborne, CF Miller, JL Wooden - Contributions to Mineralogy and …, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Hafnium, U, Th, and REE content of zircons from the Spirit Mountain batholith in
southern Nevada correlate with calculated temperatures from the Ti-in-zircon thermometer to …

Compositional zoning of the Bishop Tuff

W Hildreth, CJN Wilson - Journal of Petrology, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Compositional data for> 400 pumice clasts, organized according to eruptive sequence,
crystal content, and texture, provide new perspectives on eruption and pre-eruptive …

From plutons to magma chambers: Thermal constraints on the accumulation of eruptible silicic magma in the upper crust

C Annen - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2009 - Elsevier
In order to provide new insights into the relationship between plutonism and volcanism,
numerical simulations involving heat transfer computation were used to estimate the …

The volcanic, magmatic and tectonic setting of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, reviewed from a geothermal perspective

CJN Wilson, JV Rowland - Geothermics, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ) in the North Island of New Zealand is one of the
world's most spectacular and productive areas of Quaternary silicic volcanism and …

On the longevity of large upper crustal silicic magma reservoirs

SE Gelman, FJ Gutiérrez, O Bachmann - Geology, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Understanding the processes involved in the formation and maturation of upper crustal
magma reservoirs, ultimately sourcing the largest volcanic eruptions on Earth, is one of the …

From mush to eruption in centuries: assembly of the super-sized Oruanui magma body

ASR Allan, DJ Morgan, CJN Wilson… - Contributions to Mineralogy …, 2013 - Springer
The magmatic systems that give rise to voluminous crystal-poor rhyolite magma bodies can
be considered to operate on two contrasting timescales: Those governed by longer-term …

Volcanism in the central Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand: tempo, styles and controls

CJN Wilson, DM Gravley, GS Leonard, JV Rowland - 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The central Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ) in New Zealand currently is the most
frequently active and productive area of silicic (overwhelmingly rhyolitic) volcanism on Earth …