The olive-branch dating of the Santorini eruption

Antiquity

Volumn 88, Issue 339, 2014, Pages 267-273

  Cherubini, Paolo ^a   Humbel, Turi ^a,b   Beeckman, Hans ^c   Gärtner, Holger ^a   Mannes, David ^d   Pearson, Charlotte ^e,f   Schoch, Werner ^a   Tognetti, Roberto ^g   Lev Yadun, Simcha ^h  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e B 48 Goldwin Smith Hall ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Minoan eruption; Radiocarbon dating; Santorini; Thera; Tree Rings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897636453     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00050365     Document Type: Article

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