Browsing by Author "Lowe, David J."
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Ages of 24 widespread tephras erupted since 30,000 years ago in New Zealand, with re-evaluation of the timing and palaeoclimatic implications of the Lateglacial cool episode recorded at Kaipo bog
Lowe, David J.; Blaauw, Maarten; Hogg, Alan G.; Newnham, Rewi M. (Elsevier Ltd., 2013)Tephras are important for the NZ-INTIMATE project because they link all three records comprising the composite inter-regional stratotype developed for the New Zealand climate event stratigraphy (NZ-CES). Here we firstly ... -
Ages of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Alexandra and Ngatutura Volcanics, western North Island, New Zealand, and some geological implications
Briggs, Roger M.; Itaya, T.; Lowe, David J.; Keane, A.J. (1989)The Alexandra and Ngatutura Volcanics are the two southernmost of the Pliocene-Quaternary volcanic fields of western and northern North Island, New Zealand, northwest of Taupo Volcanic Zone TVZ. The Ngatutura Basalts are ... -
Ages on weathered Plio-Pleistocene tephra sequences, western North Island, New Zealand
Lowe, David J.; Tippett, J. Mark; Kamp, Peter J.J.; Liddell, Ivan J.; Briggs, Roger M.; Horrocks, Joanna L. (Archéo-Logis/CDERAD, 2001)Using the zircon fission-track method, we have obtained five ages on members of two strongly-weathered silicic, Pliocene-Pleistocene tephra sequences, the Kauroa and Hamilton Ash formations, in western North Island, New ... -
Alteration, formation, and occurrence of minerals in soils
Churchman, G. Jock; Lowe, David J. (CRC Press, 2012)This chapter, like Churchman (2000), seeks to bring readers up to date with information and understanding about the alteration of minerals and the nature of their products in the context of the formation and development ... -
An ashy septingentenarian: the Kaharoa tephra turns 700 (with notes on its volcanological, archaeological, and historical importance)
Lowe, David J.; Pittari, Adrian (2014)Most of us are aware of the basaltic Tarawera eruption on 10th June 1886: the high toll on life (~120 people), landscape devastation, and loss of the Pink and White Terraces. But this was not the first time that Mt Tarawera ...