Magma Origin and Evolution of White Island (Whakaari) Volcano, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

• Published in: Journal of Petrology
• Main Authors: COLE, J. W., THORDARSON, T., BURT, R. M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2000
• Subjects: ARTICLES; Bay of Plenty; New Zealand; White Island
• Online Access: http://petrology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/41/6/867; https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/41.6.867

White Island is an active composite stratovolcano in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, that comprises many small volume (<0·1 km 3 ) andesite–dacite lava flows and pyroclastic deposits with phenocryst contents of ∼15–44%. Minor high-Mg basaltic andesite explosive eruptions, such as those of 1976–19...