The Late-Bronze Age explosive eruption of Thera (Santorini), Greece: Regional and local effects

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 345, Issue , 2000, Pages 43-70

  McCoy, Floyd W ^a   Heiken, Grant ^b  

^a University of Hawaii Windward Community College   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROACHES; BRONZE; DEPOSITS; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EXPLOSIVES; TSUNAMIS;

ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES; DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; PYROCLASTIC SURGE; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC DISASTERS;

VOLCANOES;

ASH FLOW; BRONZE AGE; EXPLOSIVE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PUMICE; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

GREECE;

EID: 10044285130     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2345-0.43     Document Type: Article

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