GSNZ Taranaki branch meeting

The present day edifice of Mt. Taranaki is <8000 years old. A geochemical study of these lavas aims to constrain the processes of melt generation and evolution in the leadup to the eruption of these young and diverse rocks. The crystal cargo carried in these eruptives display a complex and varied history observed through elemental concentration maps that suggests storage in varied environments. Studying these crystals and their chemistry, along with their relation to the matrix they are hosted in, we propose a new model for the generation, evolution, and ascent of these magmas to the surface