The Petrology and Petrochemistry of Andesite and Dacite Volcanoes in Eastern Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

• Main Author: Duncan, Andrew Rae
• Other Authors: Taylor, S R, Clark, R H
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Victoria University of Wellington 1970
• Subjects: Geochemistry; Vulcanology; Petrology; Volcanology; Bay of Plenty; New Zealand; White Island
• Online Access: http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/734

The volcanic rocks of Edgecumbe, Whale Island, White Island and Manawahe are andesites and dacites, which are collectively termed the Bay of Plenty volcanics. Edgecumbe is a comparatively young volcano, being active between 1700 and 8000 years B.P.; Whale Island has probably been inactive for at lea...