The global impact of the minoan eruption of Santorini, Greece

Environmental Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 59-61

  Pyle, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Explosive volcanic eruptions; Thera, Greece; Volcano climate interaction

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; MINOAN ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

GREECE, SANTORINI;

EID: 0030620904     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050132     Document Type: Article

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