Formation of crystal-rich, mixed, intermediate lavas at Pouakai Volcano and the evolution of the Taranaki volcanic lineament, western North Island, New Zealand

Abstract Over the past ~2 Ma, volcanic activity in the western North Island of New Zealand has been focused along the NW to SE-younging Taranaki volcanic lineament (TVL). Geophysical imaging of the convergent boundary between the Pacific and Indo-Australian plates shows that the subducted slab lies at least ~200 km below the present TVL and the