Some Aspects of Western Taranaki Geology and Pedology

• Main Author: Neall, Vincent Ernest
• Other Authors: Unknown, Unknown
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Victoria University of Wellington 1973
• Subjects: Volcanic history; Volcanology; Soil study; Volcanic ash; New Zealand; New Plymouth; White Island
• Online Access: http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/516

The North Island of New Zealand is the southern end of an island arc structure which stretches 3000 km northwards to Samoa. It comprises the Hikurangi Trench to the east of the North Island (Houtz, et.al. 1967), a central negative gravity anomaly (Robertson and Reilly 1958) and two volcanic zones to...