The geological origins of the oracle at Delphi, Greece

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 171, Issue , 2000, Pages 399-412

  De Boer, J Z ^a   Hale, J R ^b  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FAULT ZONE; GAS SEEPAGE; HISTORIC BUILDING; HYDROCARBON; MONUMENT;

GREECE;

PARNASSIUS APOLLO; PYTHIA;

EID: 0034076487     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.171.01.29     Document Type: Article

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