• 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 ...

  

• Book review: The Colli Albani volcano 

  Pittari, Adrian (Springer-Verlag, 2012)

  This article reviews the book: “Adventure education: An introduction”, edited by M, Berry & C. Hodgson.

• Faulting within the Hamilton Basin: Recent Progress 

  Moon, Vicki G.; de Lange, Willem P.; Pittari, Adrian; Spinardi, Francesca; Campbell, Ben; McKay, Aleesha; Robertson, Tom; Cummins, Mike (2017)

  This presentation is an overview of the results since 2015 of our research into active faulting within the Hamilton Basin. The presentation includes the results of: Ongoing reviews of existing data, particularly fromg ...

  

• Lake-floor sediment texture and composition of a hydrothermally-active, volcanic lake, Lake Rotomahana 

  Pittari, Adrian; Muir, S.L.; Hendy, Chris H. (Elsevier, 2016)

  Young volcanic lakes undergo a transition from rapid, post-eruptive accumulation of volcaniclastic sediment to slower pelagic settling under stable lake conditions, and may also be influenced by sublacustrine hydrothermal ...

  

• Vegetation dieback as a proxy for temperature within a wet pyroclastic density current: A novel experiment and observations from the 6th of August 2012 Tongariro eruption 

  Efford, Jackson Tai; Bylsma, Rebecca Johanna; Clarkson, Bruce D.; Pittari, Adrian; Mauriohooho, Kate; Moon, Vicki G. (Elsevier, 2014)

  The 6th of August 2012 eruption of Te Maari (Mt Tongariro, New Zealand) generated wet pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) which caused widespread dieback of vegetation (singed, brown foliage) in their path. An absence of ...

  

• Precursory eruptions, magma priming and eruption dynamics associated with the climactic 19th February 1975 eruption of Ngauruhoe 

  Geraghty, Krystal Joan (The University of Waikato, 2019)

  Ngauruhoe is an active central North Island composite volcano, located at the south end of the Taupo Volcanic Zone. This basaltic andesite to andesite cone is one of the most active vents of the larger Tongariro Volcanic ...

  

• Initial sedimentation processes and the early geological evolution of three maar craters, Hindon Maar Complex, Otago 

  Murphy, Caitlin Emily Joy (The University of Waikato, 2018)

  The Hindon Maar Complex, located near Hindon, 25 km NW of Dunedin, consists of four volcanic craters infilled by lake sediments and mass flow deposits. The maars form part of the Waipiata volcanic group, which was active ...

  

• Volcanic Geology of Maungatautari: An Andesitic-Dacitic Composite Cone, Central Waikato, New Zealand 

  Prentice, Marlena Lee (The University of Waikato, 2017)

  Maungatautari is an extinct andesitic-dacitic composite cone volcano, situated 35 km southeast of Hamilton, that rises prominently in the Waikato region. A single radiometric age of 1.8 Ma, indicates volcanic activity here ...

  

• Volcanology of the basaltic lava succession within the Auckland pit of the Bombay Quarry, Bombay Volcanic Complex, South Auckland Volcanic Field 

  Kapasi, Aliasgar (University of Waikato, 2016)

  The South Auckland Volcanic Field (SAVF), which was active 1.59 – 0.51 million years ago and comprises around 82 volcanic centres, represents a complete history of a monogenetic field preserved in the geological record. ...

  

• Andesite volcanic facies and hydrothermal alteration in the subsurface peripheral to existing Waihi mine workings 

  Bodger, Billy (University of Waikato, 2015)

  The Waihi vein system is an andesite-hosted epithermal Au-Ag deposit comprising a series of veins located in the southern Hauraki Goldfield, New Zealand. It includes the Martha Mine which is the largest gold producer in ...

  

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