Impact of tephra fall and environmental change: a 1000 year record from Matakana Island, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand.

dc.contributor.authorGiles, Teresa M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNewnham, Rewi M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLowe, David J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMunro, Adam J.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-03-19T05:07:56Z
dc.date.available2007-10-10en_US
dc.date.available2008-03-19T05:07:56Z
dc.date.issued1999-01-01en_US
dc.description.abstractPalynological evidence was used to determine the development of vegetation communities on Matakana Island, North Island, New Zealand, over the last 1000 radiocarbon years. The pollen record indicates that changes occurred in the vegetation immediately following fallout deposition of the Kaharoa Tephra approximately 100 km from source at c. 665 years BP. Such changes may be a direct response to the impact of tephra fall, although the possibility of anthropogenic disturbance cannot be discounted. As a result of the eruption some taxa (Leucopogon fasciculatus and Tupeia antarctica) became at least temporarily extinct from the area. Two phases of anthropogenic influence on the environment are recorded in the pollen record: Polynesian, followed by European inhabitation of the island, giving a detailed history of human influence in the area for the millennium.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGiles, T.M., Newnham, R.M., Lowe, D.J. & Munro, A.J. (1999). Impact of tephra fall and environmental change: a 1000 year record from Matakana Island, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand. Geological Society (London) Special Publications 161, 11-26.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.161.01.03en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/183
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.isPartOf'Volcanoes in the Quaternary'. Geological Society, Special Publications,en_NZ
dc.relation.urihttp://sp.lyellcollection.org/cgi/content/abstract/161/1/11en_US
dc.rightsThis article is published in the journal, Geological Society (London) Special Publications.en_US
dc.titleImpact of tephra fall and environmental change: a 1000 year record from Matakana Island, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
pubs.begin-page11en_NZ
pubs.elements-id40928
pubs.end-page26en_NZ
pubs.issue1en_NZ
pubs.volume161en_NZ
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