Volcanic activity on White Island, Bay of Plenty, 1966–69

Abstract

ISSN: 0028-8306 (Print) 1175-8791 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tnzg20 ABSTRACT 969 During the period November 1966 to April 1969, two vents within the crater of \XThite Island intermittently erupted approximately 1,700,000 m 3 of tephra, composed mainly of finely comminuted altered andesite. The tephra stratigraphy, grain-size distribution, and mineralogy are described.