Mediterranean megaturbidite triggered by the AD 365 Crete earthquake and tsunami

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Polonia, Alina ^a   Bonatti, Enrico ^a,b   Camerlenghi, Angelo ^c   Lucchi, Renata Giulia ^c   Panieri, Giuliana ^a   Gasperini, Luca ^a  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

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EID: 84874330944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01285     Document Type: Article

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