Talk:Lake Taupo
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[edit] Coordinates
Can someone put in a geo.position spot roughly for Taupo?
Use Taupo township (at the north end of the lake), which is 38.41S 176.7E
Stuartyeates 14:03, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Layout broken
The location pic seems to have broken the page layout, a lot of whitespace is showing between the second and third section. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.118.190.86 (talk • contribs) .
- Now fixed, at least in my browser. -- Avenue 08:04, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Apparently misplaced text on Taupo eruption
The text regarding the effects of a Taupo eruption on the Maori and Japanese cannot possibly refer to the Oruanui eruption since this took place some 26,500 years ago. I believe that this text should be moved to the paragraph discussing the 181 AD eruption . . . I would have performed this edit, but I couldn't locate corroborating support after a quick search this morning. Can someone else confirm that this text move is warranted?
Myasuda 13:29, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
- I can't confirm the Maori reference, but it is almost certainly untrue as the eruption was before recorded history, let alone the Maori arrival in NZ. I went ahead and removed the Japanese reference as it's irrelevant to the article anyway. --Tireoghain2 10:26, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
- Agree. --Bender235 21:54, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Date of last eruption (AD 181)?
What is the source for the date (AD 181) of the most recent eruption? And what is the range of uncertainty of the date? It seems to me that the evidence for this date ought to be cited in the article. Richwales 04:30, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
I believe the latest date is 230 AD. I can't remember the specific evidence, but it was given in a talk by Dr Colin Wilson (of IGNS, who is one of the authorities on the TVZ). It is cited in a book on NZ volcanism by Bruce Hayward and Geoffrey Cox, and I know Dr Hayward would not give the date if he didn't have good reason to believe it. User: pkeestra, 18.20, 26 December 2006 NZT
I looked up this date; it is quoted in Sparks, R.J., Melhuish, W.H., McKee, J.W.A., Ogden, J., Palmer, J.G., Molloy, B.P.J. 1995. 14 C calibration in the Southern Hemisphere and the date of the last Taupo eruption: evidence from tree-ring sequences. Radiocarbon 37 (2): 155–163. User: pkeestra, 19.00, 26 December 2006 NZT
