2013

•Mark, D.F., Petraglia, M., Smith, V.C., Morgan, L.E., Barfod, D.N., Ellis, B.S., Pearce, N.J., Pal, J.N., Korisettar, R. In press. A high-precision Ar/Ar age for the Young Toba Tuff and dating of ultra-distal tephra: forcing of Quaternary climate and implications for hominin occupation of India. Quaternary Geochronology. doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.12.004

•Amigo, Á., Lara, L.E., and Smith, V.C. 2013. Holocene record of large explosive eruptions from Chaitén and Michinmahuida volcanoes, Chile. Andean Geology, 40, pp. 227-248. doi: 10.5027/andgeoV40n2-a03

•Smith, V.C., Staff, R.A., Blockley, S.P.E., Bronk Ramsey, C., Nakagawa, T., Mark, D.F., Takemura, K., Danhara, T. 2013. Identification and correlation of visible tephras in the Lake Suigetsu SG06 sedimentary archive, Japan: chronostratigraphic markers for synchronising of east Asian/west Pacific palaeoclimatic records across the last 150 ka. Quaternary Science Reviews, 61, pp. 121-137. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.01.026

•Shane, P. and Smith, V.C. 2013. Using amphibole crystals to reconstruct magma storage temperatures and pressures for the post-caldera collapse volcanism at Okataina volcano. Lithos,156-159, pp 159-170. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.11.008

•Staff, R.A., Nakagawa, T., Schlolaut, G., Marshall, M.H., Brauer, A., Lamb, H.F., Bronk Ramsey, C., Bryant, C.L., Brock, F., Kitagawa, H., van der Plicht, J., Payne, R.L., Smith, V.C., Mark, D.F., MacLeod, A., Blockley, S.P.E., Schwenninger, J., Tarasov, P.E., Haraguchi, T., Gotanda, K., Yonenobu, H., Yokoyama, Y., & Suigetsu 2006 project memebers. In press. The multiple chronological techniques applied to the Lake Suigetsu (SG06) sediment core. Boreas, 42, pp 259-266, doi: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2012.00278.x

2012

•Lowe, J., Barton, N., Blockley, S., Bronk Ramsey, C., Cullen, V.L., Davis, W., Gamble, C., Grant, K., Hardiman, M., Housley, R., Lane, C.S., Lee, S., Lewis, M., MacLeod, A., Menzies, M., Muller, W., Pollard, M., Price, C., Roberts, A.P., Rohling, E.J., Satow, C., Smith, V.C., Stringer, C.B., Tomlinson, E.L., White, D. Albert, P., Arienzo, I., Barker, G., Boric, D., Carandente, A., Civetta, L., Ferrier, C., Gaudelli, J., Karkanas, P., Koumouzelis, M., Muller, U.C., Orsi, G., Pross, J., Rosi, M., Shalamonov-Korobar, L., Sirakov, N., Tzedakis, P.C. 2012. Volcanic ash layers illuminate resilience of Neanderthal and early Modern Humans to natural hazards. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 34, pp 13532-13537. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1204579109. Science article on the paper.

•Tomlinson, E.L., Arienzo, I., Civetta, L., Wulf, S., Smith, V.C., Hardiman, M., Lane, C.S., Carandente, A., Orsi, G., Rosi, M., Muller, W., Thirlwall, M., and Menzies, M.A. 2012. Geochemistry of the Phlegraean Fields (Italy) proximal sources for major Mediterranean tephras: implications for the dispersal of Plinian & co-ignimbritic components of explosive eruptions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 93, pp 102-128. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2012.05.043

•Tomlinson, E.L., Kinvig, H.S., Smith, V.C., Blundy, J.D., Gottsmann, J., Müller, W., and Menzies, M.A. 2012. The Upper and Lower Nisyros Pumices: revisions to the Mediterranean tephrostratigraphic record using micron-beam glass geochemistry. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 243-244, pp 69-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.07.004

•Matthews, N.E., Huber, C., Pyle, D.M., & Smith, V.C. 2012. Timescales of magma recharge and reactivation of large silicic systems from Ti diffusion in quartz. Journal of Petrology, 53, 1385-1416. doi:10.1093/petrology/egs020

1. •Costa, A., Folch, A., Macedonio, G., Giaccio, B., Isaia, R., & Smith,
   

    V.C. 2012. Transport and impact of volcanic ash from the Campanian Ignimbrite super-eruption. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L10310. doi:10.1029/2012GL051605 (GRL Editor highlight)

       News article related to the paper: MSN, OurAmazingPlanet, and Focus (Italy).

•Albert, P. G., Tomlinson, E.L., Smith, V. C., Di Roberto, A., Todman, A., Rosi, M.,Marani, M., Muller, W. & Menzies, M.A. 2012. Continental-marine tephra correlations: volcanic glass geochemistry from the Aeolian Islands, Italy. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 229-230, 74-94. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.03.009

•Tomlinson, E.L., Thordarson, T., Lane, C.S., Smith, V.C., Manning, C.J., Müller, W., Menzies, M.A. 2012. Petrogenesis of the Sólheimar Ignimbrite (Katla, Iceland): implications for tephrostratigraphy. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 86, pp. 318-337 doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.03.012

•Matthews, N.E., Smith, V.C., Costa, A., Durant, A.J., Pyle, D.M., Pearce, N.J.G. 2012. Ultra-distal tephra deposits from super-eruptions: examples from Toba and New Zealand. Quaternary International (The Toba Super-eruption special volume), 258, pp. 54-79. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.07.010

•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. 2012. A southern Indian Middle Palaeolithic occupation surface sealed by the 74 ka Toba eruption: Further evidence from Jwalapuran Locality 22. Quaternary International (The Toba Super-eruption special volume), 258, pp. 148-164. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.08.040

•Lane, C.S., Blockley, S.P.E., Mangerud, J., Smith, V.C., Lohne, Ø.S., Tomlinson, E.L., Matthews, I.P., Lotter, A.F. 2012. Was the 12.1 ka Icelandic Vedde Ash one of a kind? Quaternary Science Reviews, 33, pp 87-103. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.11.011

•Matthews, N.E., Pyle, D.M., Smith, V.C., Wilson, C.J.N., Huber, C & van Hinsberg, V. 2012. Quartz zoning and the pre-eruptive evolution of the ~340 ka Whakamaru magma systems, New Zealand. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 163, pp. 87-107. doi: 10.1007/s00410-011-0660-1

2011

•Smith, V.C., Isaia, R., & Pearce, N.J.G. 2011. Tephrostratigraphy and glass compositions of post-15 kyr Campi Flegrei eruptions: implications for eruption history and chronostratigraphic markers. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30, pp 3638-3660. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.07.012

•Smith, V.C., Pearce, N.J.G., Matthews, N.E., Westgate, J.A., Petraglia, M.D., Haslam, M., Lane, C.S., Korisettar, R., & Pal, J.N. 2011. Geochemical fingerprinting the widespread Toba tephra using Biotite compositions. Quaternary International (INTAV special volume on Tephrochronology), 246, pp 97-104. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.05.012

•Kuehn, S.C., Froese, D.G., Shane, P.A.R. and INTAV Intercomparison Participants. 2011. The INTAV intercomparison of electron-beam microanalysis of glass by tephrochronology laboratories: Results and recommendations. Quaternary International (INTAV special volume on Tephrochronology), 246, pp19-47. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.08.022

      Oxford RLAHA microprobe - lab no. 25.

•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 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, pp 2845-2850. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.06.020

•Lane, C., Haslam, M., Petraglia, M., Ditchfield, P., Smith, V., and Korisettar, R. 2011. Cryptotephra from the 74 kyr BP Toba super-eruption in the Billa Surgam caves, southern India. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30, pp 1819-1824. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.05.010

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, pp 951-971. doi:10.1007/s00410-010-0516-0

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, pp 405-426. doi: 10.1093/petrology/egp005

2008

•Shane, P., Smith, V.C. and 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, pp 397-411. doi: 10.1007/s00410-008-0292-2

•Shane, P., Nairn, I.A., Smith, V.C., Darragh, M., Beggs, K. and 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, pp 527-569. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.11.002

•Shane, P.A., Narin, I.A., Martin, S.B. and Smith, V.C. 2008. Compositional heterogeneity in tephra deposits resulting from the eruption of multiple magma bodies: implications for tephrochronology. Quaternary International, 178 , pp 44-53. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.11.014

2007

•Shane, P.A., Martin, S.B., Smith, V.C., Beggs, K.F., Darragh, M.B., Cole, J.W. and 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, pp 1-26. doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.04.003

2006

•Smith, V.C., Shane, P.A., Nairn, I.A, and 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, pp 57-88. doi: 10.1007/s00445-006-0056-7

2005

•Smith, V.C., Shane, P. and 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, pp 372-406. doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.05.005

•Shane, P., Smith, V.C., and 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, pp 357-376. doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.04.015

•Kobayashi, T., Nairn, I., Smith, V. and 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, pp 471-490. Link

•Shane, P., Nairn, I.A. and 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, pp 295-313. doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.08.012

2004

•Smith, V.C., Shane, P.A., and 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, pp 757-773. Link

2003

•Shane, P., Smith, V.C., Lowe, D. and 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, pp 591-596. Link

•Shane, P., Smith, V., and Nairn, I. 2003. Biotite composition as a tool for the identification of Quaternary tephra beds. Quaternary Research, 59, pp 261-270. doi:10.1016/S0033-5894(03)00012-7

2002

•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, pp 207-219. Link

•Smith, V.C., and Shane, P.A. 2002. Geochemical characteristics of the widespread Tahuna tephra. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 45, pp 103-107. Link