New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics abstracts

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Short communication A radiocarbon age determination for Mount Edgecumbe (Putauaki) volcano, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

L. D. CARROLL
J. A. GAMBLE

Department of Earth Sciences
Victoria University of Wellington
P.O. Box 600
Wellington, New Zealand

B. F. HOUGHTON
T. THORDARSON

Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences
Wairakei Research Centre
Private Bag 2000
Taupo, New Zealand

T. F. G. HIGHAM

Department of Earth Sciences
University of Waikato
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton, New Zealand

Abstract  A new radiocarbon age determination of 3115 +/- 35 yr B.P. has been obtained for a charred wood sample from within a block- and ash-flow deposit at Mount Edgecumbe. Together with reliable dates for Holocene tephra stratigraphy, the new datum leads to a stronger control on the chronology of Mount Edgecumbe and implies that activity continued after the widespread Waimahia Tephra dated at 3280 yr B.P.

Keywords  Edgecumbe; radiocarbon age determinations

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 1997, Vol. 40: 559-562

0028-8306/97/4004-0559 $7.00/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 1997

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