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Diverse patterns of ascent, degassing, and eruption of rhyolite magma during the 1.8 ka Taupo eruption, New Zealand: Evidence from clast vesicularity

Houghton, Bruce F.; Carey, Rebecca J.; Cashman, Katharine V.; Wilson, Colin J.N.; Hobden, Barbara J.; Hammer, Julia E. (Elsevier, 2010)

The 22 km³ (DRE) 1.8 ka Taupo eruption ejected chemically uniform rhyolite in a wide range of eruptive styles and intensities. The 7 eruptive units include the 'type examples' of phreatoplinian (units 3, 4) and ultraplinian ...