I. A. Nairn

I. A. Nairn publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

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I. A. Nairn D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

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Best Publications

• Explosive eruptions and pyroclastic avalanches from Ngauruhoe in February 1975

  I.A. Nairn;S. Self

  308
  Citations

• Caldera Volcanoes of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

  C. J. N. Wilson;A. M. Rogan;I. E. M. Smith;D. J. Northey

  306
  Citations

• Vulcanian eruption mechanisms

  Stephen Self;Lionel Wilson;Ian A. Nairn

  207
  Citations

• Trends in rhyolite geochemistry, mineralogy, and magma storage during the last 50 kyr at Okataina and Taupo volcanic centres, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

  Victoria C. Smith;Phil Shane;Ian A. Nairn

  195
  Citations

• Basalt triggering of the c. AD 1305 Kaharoa rhyolite eruption, Tarawera Volcanic Complex, New Zealand

  G.S Leonard;J.W Cole;I.A Nairn;S Self

  191
  Citations

• Rhyolite magma processes of the ∼AD 1315 Kaharoa eruption episode, Tarawera volcano, New Zealand

  I.A Nairn;P.R Shane;J.W Cole;G.J Leonard

  152
  Citations

• The 1976 1982 Strombolian and phreatomagmatic eruptions of White Island, New Zealand: eruptive and depositional mechanisms at a `wet' volcano

  B F Houghton;I A Nairn

  135
  Citations

• Basalt dikes in the 1886 Tarawera Rift

  I. A. Nairn;J. W. Cole

  120
  Citations

• Distribution, stratigraphy, and history of proximal deposits from the c. AD 1305 Kaharoa eruptive episode at Tarawera Volcano, New Zealand

  I. A. Nairn;S. Self;J. W. Cole;G. S. Leonard

  116
  Citations

• Rotomahana—Waimangu eruption, 1886: base surge and basalt magma

  Unknown

  108
  Citations

• Volcanic and structural evolution of the Okataina Volcanic Centre; dominantly silicic volcanism associated with the Taupo Rift, New Zealand

  J.W. Cole;K.D. Spinks;C.D. Deering;I.A. Nairn

  101
  Citations

• Multiple rhyolite magmas and basalt injection in the 17.7 ka Rerewhakaaitu eruption episode from Tarawera volcanic complex, New Zealand

  Phil Shane;S.B. Martin;V.C. Smith;K.F. Beggs

  99
  Citations

• Millennial timescale resolution of rhyolite magma recharge at Tarawera volcano: insights from quartz chemistry and melt inclusions

  Phil Shane;Victoria C. Smith;Ian Nairn

  96
  Citations

• Silicic recharge of multiple rhyolite magmas by basaltic intrusion during the 22.6 ka Okareka Eruption Episode, New Zealand

  Phil Shane;Ian A. Nairn;Victoria C. Smith;Miles Darragh

  96
  Citations

• Geological setting of the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake, New Zealand

  Unknown

  92
  Citations

• 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

  Victoria C. Smith;Phil Shane;Ian A. Nairn

  90
  Citations

• Compositional heterogeneity in tephra deposits resulting from the eruption of multiple magma bodies: Implications for tephrochronology

  Phil Shane;Ian A. Nairn;Shannon B. Martin;Victoria C. Smith

  89
  Citations

• Late Pleistocene surface rupture history of the Paeroa Fault, Taupo Rift, New Zealand

  Kelvin Berryman;Pilar Villamor;Ian Nairn;Russ van Dissen

  84
  Citations

• Associations between volcanic eruptions from Okataina volcanic center and surface rupture of nearby active faults, Taupo rift, New Zealand: Insights into the nature of volcano-tectonic interactions

  P. Villamor;K.R. Berryman;I.A. Nairn;K. Wilson

  82
  Citations

• The ∼10 ka multiple vent pyroclastic eruption sequence at Tongariro Volcanic Centre, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand:

  Unknown

  82
  Citations