posted on 2022-03-01, 01:02authored byWayne 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
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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