Crustal Forensics at Pūtauaki (Mt. Edgecumbe), New Zealand reveal the influence of deep crustal arc processes on magma evolution in the Taupo Volcanic Zone

2022 ◽  
Vol 177 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale H. Burns ◽  
Shanaka L. de Silva ◽  
Phil Shane ◽  
Matthew A. Coble
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Taupo Volcanic Zone ◽  
Volcanic Zone ◽  
Magma Evolution

scholarly journals Magmatic architecture below the Okataina Volcanic Centre, Taupō Volcanic Zone, Aotearoa New Zealand, inferred from basalt geochemistry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ery Hughes ◽  
Sally Law ◽  
Geoff Kilgour ◽  
Jon Blundy ◽  
Heidy Mader
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Melt Inclusions ◽  
Basaltic Magma ◽  
Taupo Volcanic Zone ◽  
Volcanic Centre ◽  
Volcanic Zone ◽  
Magma Evolution ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Basalt Geochemistry ◽  
Rhyolitic Volcanism

The Okataina Volcanic Centre (OVC) is the most recently active rhyolitic volcanic centre in the Taupō Volcanic Zone, Aotearoa New Zealand. Although best known for its high rates of explosive rhyolitic volcanism, there are numerous examples of basaltic to basaltic-andesite contributions to OVC eruptions, ranging from minor involvement of basalt in rhyolitic eruptions to the exclusively basaltic 1886 C.E. Plinian eruption of Tarawera. To explore the basaltic component supplying this dominantly rhyolitic area, we analyse the textures and compositions (minerals and melt inclusions) of four basaltic eruptions within the OVC that have similar whole rock chemistry, namely: Terrace Rd, Rotomakariri, Rotokawau, and Tarawera. Data from these basaltic deposits provide constraints on the conditions of magma evolution and ascent in the crust prior to eruption, revealing that at least five different magma types (two basalts, two dacites, one rhyolite) are sampled during basaltic eruptions. The most abundant basaltic magma type is generated by cooling-induced crystallisation of a common, oxidised, basaltic melt at various depths throughout the crust. The volatile content of this melt was increased by protracted fluid-undersaturated crystallisation. All eruptions display abundant evidence for syn-eruptive mixing of the different magma types. Rotomakariri, consisting of a mafic crystal cargo mixed into a dacitic magma is the most extreme example of this process. Despite similar bulk compositions, comparable to other basaltic deposits in the region, these four OVC eruptions are texturally distinct as a consequence of their wide variation in eruption style.

FAVORABLE STRUCTURAL SETTINGS FOR POTENTIAL GEOTHERMAL UPWELLINGS IN THE CENTRAL TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE, NEW ZEALAND

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie E. Wigger ◽  
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James E. Faulds ◽  
Samuel J. Hampton ◽  
Josh W. Borella ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Taupo Volcanic Zone ◽  
Volcanic Zone

scholarly journals Physical property relationships of the Rotokawa Andesite, a significant geothermal reservoir rock in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A Siratovich ◽  
Michael J Heap ◽  
Marlène C Villenueve ◽  
James W Cole ◽  
Thierry Reuschlé
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Physical Property ◽  
Geothermal Reservoir ◽  
Reservoir Rock ◽  
Taupo Volcanic Zone ◽  
Volcanic Zone

Silica accumulation rates for siliceous sinter at Orakei Korako geothermal field, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

Geothermics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 50-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bridget Y. Lynne ◽  
Alan Boudreau ◽  
Isaac J. Smith ◽  
Gary J. Smith
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Geothermal Field ◽  
Taupo Volcanic Zone ◽  
Accumulation Rates ◽  
Volcanic Zone ◽  
Siliceous Sinter
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