The environmental impact of the Minoan eruption of Santorini (Thera): Statistical analysis of palaeoecological data from Gölhisar, southwest Turkey

Holocene

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 431-444

  Eastwood, W J ^a   Tibby, J ^b   Roberts, N ^c   Birks, H J B ^d,e   Lamb, H F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Late Holocene; Minoan; Monte Carlo permutation tests; Pollen; Redundancy analysis; Santorini; Thera; Variance partitioning; Volcanic impact

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

TURKEY;

ALGAE; AVES; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; FRAXINUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; THERA;

EID: 0036309556     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683602hl557rp     Document Type: Article

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