Impact of the Minoan tsunami of Santorini: Simulated scenarios in the Eastern Mediterranean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Pareschi, Maria Teresa ^a   Favalli, Massimiliano ^a   Boschi, Enzo ^a  

^a SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VOLCANOES; DEPOSITS;

CALDERA COLLAPSE; PYROCLASTIC FLOW;

TSUNAMIS;

BRONZE AGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SIMULATION; TRIGGER MECHANISM; TSUNAMI EVENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CYCLADAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SANTORIN; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ABYSSAL PLAINS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; FINE GRAINED; HEMIPELAGIC SEDIMENTS; LATE BRONZE AGES; PYROCLASTIC FLOWS; TRIGGERING MECHANISM; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 34247575661     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027205     Document Type: Article

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