Stratigraphy and lithosedimentological properties of subplinian eruptions from Mt. Taranaki, New Zealand, encompassed by the Ngaere and Pungarehu edifice collapses

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dc.citation.volumeAhead of Print
dc.contributor.authorMills S
dc.contributor.authorProcter J
dc.contributor.authorZernack A
dc.contributor.authorMead S
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-13T20:34:44Z
dc.date.available2025-02-13T20:34:44Z
dc.date.issued2025-01-29
dc.description.abstractThe sudden removal of large portions of a volcanic edifice through collapse can cause depressurisation in the subvolcanic magmatic system, influencing the nature of subsequent eruptions. At Mt. Taranaki, edifice failure has occurred frequently and at different timescales throughout the volcanic history, forming a broad pattern of cyclic collapse and regrowth. About 20–30,000 years ago, Mt. Taranaki experienced two such cycles in short succession, emplacing the 27.3 ka Ngaere and the 24.8 ka Pungarehu debris-avalanche deposits, which were preceded and followed by a sequence of twenty-eight closely spaced tephra deposits known as the Poto and Paetahi Formations. Here, we reconstruct the tephrastratigraphic framework of the Poto and Paetahi Formations, revealing a minimum total eruptive volume of 3 km3. While eruptions directly following edifice failure were larger compared to those prior to collapse, this 4,000-year long eruptive period was characterised by consistently large subplinian eruptions. In contrast, large explosive events within the Holocene sequence are less frequent, with more multi-phase periods of effusive and explosive activity recorded. Our new data highlights the need to include longer-term eruptive records in volcanic hazard modelling since the most recent volcanic history might not cover the full nature of volcanic processes occurring at long-lived stratovolcanoes.
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dc.edition.editionSep 2023
dc.identifier.citationMills S, Procter J, Zernack A, Mead S. (2025). Stratigraphy and lithosedimentological properties of subplinian eruptions from Mt. Taranaki, New Zealand, encompassed by the Ngaere and Pungarehu edifice collapses. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. Ahead of Print.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00288306.2025.2454554
dc.identifier.eissn1175-8791
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn0028-8306
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/72492
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Group
dc.publisher.urihttp://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00288306.2025.2454554
dc.relation.isPartOfNew Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
dc.rights(c) 2025 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectMt. Taranaki
dc.subjectandesite stratovolcano
dc.subjectsubplinian eruption
dc.subjecttephra fall
dc.subjectedifice collapse
dc.titleStratigraphy and lithosedimentological properties of subplinian eruptions from Mt. Taranaki, New Zealand, encompassed by the Ngaere and Pungarehu edifice collapses
dc.typeJournal article
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