Poseidon's horses: Plate tectonics and earthquake storms in the Late Bronze Age Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-63

  Nur, Amos ^a   Cline, Eric H ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aegean; Earthquakes; Eastern mediterranean; Late Bronze Age; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; SEISMICITY; TECTONICS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0034102449     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1999.0431     Document Type: Article

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