Dr Victoria Smith

Research Fellow (Head of Tephrochronology Group)

Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art
Dyson Perrins Building, South Parks Rd, Oxford, OX1 3QY

phone: 01865 285202

fax: 01865 285220

email: victoria.smith@rlaha.ox.ac.uk

Publications

Journal Articles & Conference Proceedings

In press
Blockley, S.P.E., Lane, C.S., Hardiman, M., Rasmussen, S., Seierstad, I., Steffensen, J.P., Svensson, A., Lotter, A.F., Turney, C.S., Ramsey, C.B. and INTIMATE members, Synchronisation of palaeoenvironmental records over the last 60,000 years, and an extended INTIMATE1 event stratigraphy to 48,000 b2k, Quaternary Science Reviews,
Haslam, M., Clarkson, C., Roberts, R.G., Bora, J., Korisettar, R., Ditchfield, P., Chivas, A., Harris, C., Smith, V., Oh, A., Eksambekar, S., Boivin, N., & Petraglia, M., A southern Indian Middle Palaeolithic occupation surface sealed by the 74 ka Toba eruption: Further evidence from Jwalapuran Locality 22., Quaternary International (Toba special volume),
Lane, C.S., Blockley, S.P.E., Mangerud, J., Smith, V.C., Lohne, Ø.S., Tomlinson, E.L., Matthews, I.P. and Lotter, A.F. , Was the 12.1 ka Icelandic Vedde Ash one of a kind?, Quaternary Science Reviews,
Matthews, N.E., Smith, V.C., Costa, A., Durant, A.J., Pyle, D.M. and Pearce, N.J.G. , Ultra-distal tephra deposits from super-eruptions: examples from Toba, Indonesia and the Taupo Volcani Zone, New Zealand. , Quaternary International (Toba special volume),
Smith, V.C., Isaia, R., & Pearce, N.J.G., Tephrostratigraphy and glass compositions of post-15 kyr Campi Flegrei eruptions: implications for eruption history and chronostratigraphic markers, Quaternary Science Reviews,
2011
Lane, C.S., Haslam, M., Petraglia, M., Ditchfield, P., Smith, V.C. and Korisettar, R., (2011), Cryptotephra from the 74 kyr BP Toba super-eruption in the Billa Surgam caves, southern India, Quaternary Science Reviews, 30,1819-1824
Smith, V.C., Mark, D.F., Staff, R.A., Blockley, S.P.E., Bronk-Ramsey, C., Bryant, C.L., Nakagawa, T., Han, K.K., Weh, A., Takemura, K., Danhara, T. & Suigetsu 2006 Project Members, (2011), Toward establishing precise Ar/Ar chronologies for Late Pleistocene palaeoclimate archives: an example from the Lake Suigetsu (Japan) sedimentary record, Quaternary Science Reviews, 30,2845-2850
Smith, V.C., Pearce, N.J.G., Matthews, N.E., Westgate, J.A., Petraglia, M.D., Haslam, M., Lane, C.S., Korisettar, R. & Pal, N.J. , (2011), Geochemical fingerprinting the widespread Toba tephra using biotite compositions., Quaternary International, 246,doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2011.05.012
2010
Smith, V.C., Shane, P., Nairn, I.A. , (2010), Insights into silicic melt generation using plagioclase, quartz and melt inclusions from the caldera-forming Rotoiti eruption, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 160,951-971
2009
Smith, V.C., Blundy, J.D. & Arce, J.L., (2009), A temporal record of magma accumulation and evolution beneath Nevado de Toluca, Mexico, preserved in plagioclase phenocrysts, Journal of Petrology, 50,405-426
2008
Shane, P., Nairn, I.A., Smith, V.C., Darragh, M., Beggs, K. & Cole, J.W., (2008), Silicic recharge of multiple rhyolite magmas by basalt intrusion during the 22.6 ka Okareka Eruption Episode, New Zealand, Lithos, 103,527-569
Shane, P., Smith, V.C. & Nairn, I.A., (2008), Millennial timescale resolution of rhyolite magma recharge at Tarawera Volcano: insights from quartz chemistry and melt inclusions, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 156,397-411
Shane, P.A., Narin, I.A., Martin, S.B. & Smith, V.C., (2008), Compositional heterogeneity in tephra deposits resulting from the eruption of multiple magma bodies: implications for tephrochronology, Quaternary International, 178,44-53
Smith, V.C., Shane, P.A. & Nairn, I.A., (2008), Using quartz and plagioclase to gain insight into chemical and thermal evolution of the Rotoiti magma prior to the caldera-forming eruption ±55 ka, New Zealand, IOP Conf. Series http://www.iop.org/EJ/toc/1755-1315/3/1, : Proceedings of Collapse Calderas Workshop, Quertaro, Mexico, October 19-25, 2008
2007
Shane, P.A., Martin, S.B., Smith, V.C., Beggs, K.F., Darragh, M.B., Cole, J.W. & Nairn, I.A., (2007), Multiple rhyolite magmas and basalt injection in the 17.7 ka Rerewhakaaitu eruption episode from Tarawera volcanic complex, New Zealand, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 164,1-26
2006
Smith, V.C., Shane, P.A., Nairn, I.A, & Williams, C.M., (2006), Geochemistry and magmatic properties of eruption episodes from Haroharo Linear Vent Zone, Okataina Volcanic Centre, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand during the last 10 kyr, Bulletin of Volcanology, 69,57-88
2005
Kobayashi, T., Nairn, I., Smith, V. & Shane, P., (2005), Proximal stratigraphy and event sequence of the ~5.5 ka Whakatane rhyolite eruption episode from Haroharo volcano, Okataina Volcanic Centre, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 48,471-490
Shane, P., Nairn, I.A. & Smith, V.C., (2005), Magma mingling in the ~50 ka Rotoiti eruption from Okataina Volcanic Centre: implications for geochemical diversity and chronology of large volume rhyolites, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 139,295-313
Shane, P., Smith, V.C., & Nairn, I.A., (2005), High temperature rhyodacites of the 36 ka Hauparu pyroclastic eruption, Okataina Volcanic Centre, New Zealand: change in a silicic magmatic system following caldera collapse, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 147,357-376
Smith, V.C., Shane, P. & Nairn, I.A., (2005), Trends in rhyolite geochemistry, mineralogy, and magma storage during the last 50 kyr at Okataina and Taupo volcanic centres, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 148,372-406
2004
Smith, V.C., Shane, P.A., & Nairn, I.A., (2004), Reactivation of a Rhyolitic Magma Body by new Rhyolitic Intrusion before the 15.8 ka Rotorua Eruptive Episode: Implications for Magma Storage in the Okataina Volcanic Centre, New Zealand, Journal of the Geological Society, London, 161,757-773
2003
Shane, P., Smith, V., and Nairn, I. , (2003), Biotite composition as a tool for the identification of Quaternary tephra beds, Quaternary Research, 59,261-270
Shane, P., Smith, V.C., Lowe, D. & Nairn, I.A., (2003), Re-identification of c. 15 700 cal. Yr BP tephra bed at Kaipo Bog, eastern North Island: implications for dispersal of Rotorua and Puketarata tephra beds, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 46,591-596
2002
Smith, V.C., and Shane, P.A., (2002), Geochemical characteristics of the widespread Tahuna tephra, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 45,103-107
Smith, V.C., Shane, P.A., and Smith, I.E.M.., (2002), Tephrostratigraphy and geochemical fingerprinting of the Mangaone Subgroup tephra beds, Okataina Volcanic Centre, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 45,207-219