Ground-penetrating radar mapping of Minoan volcanic deposits and the Late Bronze Age palaeotopography, Thera, Greece

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 171, Issue , 2000, Pages 105-121

  Russell, James K ^a   Stasiuk, Mark V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ROCK;

GREECE;

THERA;

EID: 0034128765     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.171.01.10     Document Type: Article

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