Tephrochronology (from tephra, Gk 'ashes') is a unique stratigraphic method for linking,
dating, and synchronizing geological, palaeoenvironmental, or archaeological sequences or …

▪ Abstract Fission track analysis as a geological dating tool was first proposed in the early
1960s. The past 10 years has seen a major expansion in application to more general …

The review examines the role of geomorphology in analyzing the volcanoes on Earth. Five
objectives are stressed. First, classifications of volcanic landforms should be improved to …

Tephrochronology is the study of volcanic ash (tephra) beds for the purpose of correlating
and dating volcanic and other geologic events. Large magnitude silicic eruptions can …

The editor and coordinator of this new 284 pages study on the New Zealand Geological
Timescale, Roger A. Cooper, and his team of 22 New Zealand and foreign experts are to be …

The discovery that orbital variations are the driving force behind Quaternary climate change
provides an impetus to set local and regional records of environmental change into the …

A prominent feature of New Zealand biogeography is that species endemicity and diversity
is not evenly distributed but shows an alternating pattern of latitudinal variation. Endemicity …

ABSTRACT Tephra deposits in Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZ) have been studied for> 180
years. The now-global discipline of tephrochronology, which has some developmental roots …

Subduction‐related volcanism in the northern part of the North Island of New Zealand shifted
abruptly during the late Pliocene. This study focuses on the transition, in time and space …

Although analyses of tephra-derived glass shards have been undertaken in New Zealand
for nearly four decades (pioneered by Paul Froggatt), our study is the first to systematically …