The Geologic Oddity in New Zealand; The Banks Peninsula

The south island of New Zealand contains no active volcanoes, and very few complexes which have been active in the last 25 million years. Yet, to the east of Christchurch is a large mountain range which seemingly jets out over the surrounding landscape. Known as the Banks Peninsula, this large area is associated with an unusual geologic setting.

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Graphics of eruption dates are courtesy of the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institute. https://volcano.si.edu/

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Citation(s):
Christian Timm, Kaj Hoernle, Paul Van Den Bogaard, Ilya Bindeman, Steve Weaver, Geochemical Evolution of Intraplate Volcanism at Banks Peninsula, New Zealand: Interaction Between Asthenospheric and Lithospheric Melts, Journal of Petrology, Volume 50, Issue 6, June 2009, Pages 989–1023, https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egp029

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