Revised estimates for the volume of the late bronze age minoan eruption, santorini, Greece

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 583-590

  Johnston, E N ^a   Sparks, R S J ^a   Phillips, J C ^a   Carey, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERUPTION DEPOSITS; ERUPTION VOLUME; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HOLOCENES; LATE BRONZE AGE; LOW TEMPERATURES; PYROCLASTIC FLOWS; SEISMIC REFLECTION SURVEY;

BROACHES;

BRONZE AGE; CALDERA; EMPLACEMENT; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SEISMIC REFLECTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

GREECE; SANTORINI [SOUTHERN AEGEAN]; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 84903545895     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs2013-113     Document Type: Article

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