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
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
- , Synchronisation of palaeoenvironmental records over the last 60,000 years, and an extended INTIMATE1 event stratigraphy to 48,000 b2k, Quaternary Science Reviews,
- , 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),
- , Was the 12.1 ka Icelandic Vedde Ash one of a kind?, Quaternary Science Reviews,
- , Ultra-distal tephra deposits from super-eruptions: examples from Toba, Indonesia and the Taupo Volcani Zone, New Zealand. , Quaternary International (Toba special volume),
- , Tephrostratigraphy and glass compositions of post-15 kyr Campi Flegrei eruptions: implications for eruption history and chronostratigraphic markers, Quaternary Science Reviews,
- 2011
- , (2011), Cryptotephra from the 74 kyr BP Toba super-eruption in the Billa Surgam caves, southern India, Quaternary Science Reviews, 30,1819-1824
- , (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
- , (2011), Geochemical fingerprinting the widespread Toba tephra using biotite compositions., Quaternary International, 246,doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2011.05.012
- 2010
- , (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
- , (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
- , (2008), Silicic recharge of multiple rhyolite magmas by basalt intrusion during the 22.6 ka Okareka Eruption Episode, New Zealand, Lithos, 103,527-569
- , (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
- , (2008), Compositional heterogeneity in tephra deposits resulting from the eruption of multiple magma bodies: implications for tephrochronology, Quaternary International, 178,44-53
- , (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
- , (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
- , (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
- , (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
- , (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
- , (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
- , (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
- , (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
- , (2003), Biotite composition as a tool for the identification of Quaternary tephra beds, Quaternary Research, 59,261-270
- , (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
- , (2002), Geochemical characteristics of the widespread Tahuna tephra, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 45,103-107
- , (2002), Tephrostratigraphy and geochemical fingerprinting of the Mangaone Subgroup tephra beds, Okataina Volcanic Centre, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 45,207-219

