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Colin J. N. Wilson
Researcher at Victoria University of Wellington
Publications - 228
Citations - 13420
Colin J. N. Wilson is an academic researcher from Victoria University of Wellington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Volcano & Magma. The author has an hindex of 60, co-authored 213 publications receiving 12068 citations. Previous affiliations of Colin J. N. Wilson include Wellington Management Company & University of Bristol.
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Volcanic and structural evolution of Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand: a review
Colin J. N. Wilson,Bruce F. Houghton,Michael McWilliams,Marvin A. Lanphere,Steve Weaver,Roger M. Briggs +5 more
TL;DR: The history of the Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ) can be divided into two categories: the old TVZ from 2.0 Ma to 0.34 Ma and the young TVZ between 0.9 and 0.6 Ma as discussed by the authors.
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A vesicularity index for pyroclastic deposits
TL;DR: In this article, the vesicularity of juvenile clasts in pyroclastic deposits is measured for the 16-32 mm size fraction by water immersion techniques and converted to vesicleities using measured dense-rock equivalent densities.
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Compositional Zoning of the Bishop Tuff
Wes Hildreth,Colin J. N. Wilson +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a model of incremental incremental zoning was proposed, where numerous batches of crystal-poor melt were released from a mush zone (many kilometers thick) that floored the accumulating rhyolitic melt-rich body.
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Magma Generation at a Large, Hyperactive Silicic Volcano (Taupo, New Zealand) Revealed by U–Th and U–Pb Systematics in Zircons
Bruce L. A. Charlier,Colin J. N. Wilson,Jacob B. Lowenstern,Stephen Blake,P. van Calsteren,Jon P. Davidson +5 more
TL;DR: The model-age spectra, coupled with zircon-dissolution modelling, highlight contrasts between short-term silicic magma generation at Taupo, by bulk remobilization of crystal mush and assimilation of metasediment and/or silicics plutonic basement rocks, and the longer-term processes of fractionation from crustally contaminated mafic melts as mentioned in this paper.
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Chronology and dynamics of a large silicic magmatic system: Central Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand
Bruce F. Houghton,Colin J. N. Wilson,Michael McWilliams,Marvin A. Lanphere,Steve Weaver,Roger M. Briggs,Malcolm S. Pringle +6 more
TL;DR: The central Taupo Volcanic Zone in New Zealand is a region of intense Quaternary silicic volcanism accompanying rapid extension of continental crust as discussed by the authors, and at least 34 caldera-forming ignimbrite eruptions have produced a complex sequence of relatively short-lived, nested, and/or overlapping volcanic centers over 1.6 m.y.