Table of Contents

List of plates, figures and tables; List of abbreviations; Methods of citation; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1. Framework for volcanism R. W. Johnson and P. Wellman; 2. Physical volcanology R. A. F. Cas; 3. East Australian volcanic geology J. Knutson; 4. New Zealand intraplate volcanism S. D. Weaver and I. E. M. Smith; 5. East Australian petrology and geochemistry A. Ewart; 6. Xenoliths megacrysts of Eastern Australia S. Y. O'Reilly, I. A. Nicholls and W. L. Griffin; 7. Towards a general model R. W. Johnson; References; Index.

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This is a major, definitive, landmark study of the young volcanoes of eastern Australia and parts of New Zealand.

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"...of great value to specialists involved in various scientific fields." PAGEOPH

"...an outstanding volume that deserves to be seen and read and its style emulated by a wide variety of Earth scientists involved in tectonics, geophysics, and igneous petrology." R.J. Arculus, American Mineralogist