Zirkon fission track ages of for middle Pleistocene Rangitawa Tephra, New Zealand

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Hauptverfasser: Kohn, B P, Pillans, Brad J, McGlone, Matt S
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author Kohn, B P
Pillans, Brad J
McGlone, Matt S
author_facet Kohn, B P
Pillans, Brad J
McGlone, Matt S
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Rangitawa Tephra is an important stratigraphic marker in mid-Pleistocene marine and terrestrial sequences in New Zealand and adjacent ocean basins. Zircon fission track ages (ZFTA) on Rangitawa Tephra from five sites in the southern North Island yield mean site ages in the range 0.34 to 0.40 Ma with a weighted mean of 0.35 + 0.04 Ma (1 sigma). On the basis of glass shard major-element chemistry, ferromagnesian mineralogy, ZFTA and similarity of paleomagnetic dates of proposed tephra correlalives in deep-sea cores, it is concluded that Rangitawa Tephra represents a major eruptive event in the Taupo Volcanic Zone most probably associated with eruption of the Whakamaru-group ignimbrites (0.35 0.39 Ma) or less likely the Paeroa Range Group Ignimbrites (0.36 -0.38 Ma). Pollen analyses from two onshore sites, together with regional loess stratigraphy, show that Rangitawa Tephra was erupted during a glacial period. The ZFTA and previously reported oxygen isotope data from DSDP Site 594 indicate that Rangitawa Tephra was erupted near the end of oxygen isotope stage 10.
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spellingShingle Zirkon fission track ages of for middle Pleistocene Rangitawa Tephra, New Zealand
Kohn, B P
Pillans, Brad J
McGlone, Matt S
90-594_Site; COMPCORE; Composite Core; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Leg90; South Pacific/CONT RISE
Rangitawa Tephra is an important stratigraphic marker in mid-Pleistocene marine and terrestrial sequences in New Zealand and adjacent ocean basins. Zircon fission track ages (ZFTA) on Rangitawa Tephra from five sites in the southern North Island yield mean site ages in the range 0.34 to 0.40 Ma with a weighted mean of 0.35 + 0.04 Ma (1 sigma). On the basis of glass shard major-element chemistry, ferromagnesian mineralogy, ZFTA and similarity of paleomagnetic dates of proposed tephra correlalives in deep-sea cores, it is concluded that Rangitawa Tephra represents a major eruptive event in the Taupo Volcanic Zone most probably associated with eruption of the Whakamaru-group ignimbrites (0.35 0.39 Ma) or less likely the Paeroa Range Group Ignimbrites (0.36 -0.38 Ma). Pollen analyses from two onshore sites, together with regional loess stratigraphy, show that Rangitawa Tephra was erupted during a glacial period. The ZFTA and previously reported oxygen isotope data from DSDP Site 594 indicate that Rangitawa Tephra was erupted near the end of oxygen isotope stage 10.
title Zirkon fission track ages of for middle Pleistocene Rangitawa Tephra, New Zealand
topic 90-594_Site; COMPCORE; Composite Core; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Leg90; South Pacific/CONT RISE
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.705460