Deep-sea tsunami deposits triggered by the explosion of Santorini (3500 y BP), eastern Mediterranean

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 181-203

  Cita, M B ^a   Aloisi, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Eastern Mediterranean; Megaturbidite; Resedimentation; Santorini; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TSUNAMI; TURBIDITE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033772837     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(00)00071-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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