Fire in the sea : the Santorini volcano : natural history and the legend of Atlantis / Walter L. Fre...
Fire in the sea : the Santorini volcano : natural history and the legend of Atlantis / Walter L. Fre...
Fire in the sea : the Santorini volcano : natural history and the legend of Atlantis / Walter L. Freidrich ; translated by Alexander R. McBirney.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Date
2000.
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NQ551.21094/1
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English
German
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xiv, 258 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.
Contents
Part I. The Geological Framework: 1. The geography of Santorini -- 2. Santorini and the puzzle of plate tectonics -- 3. The geological development of Santorini -- 4. Stratigraphy - the backbone of the geology -- 5. Plant remains and geological time -- Part II. The Minoan Eruption and its Effects: 6....
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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England
Date Published
2000.
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When the Greek island of Santorini, or Thera, erupted dramatically in the seventeenth or sixteenth century BC, it produced one of the largest explosions ever witnessed by humankind. The event covered Bronze Age settlements on the island with volcanic ash, and altered the course of civilisation in the region, possibly giving rise to the legend of At...
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Fire in the sea : the Santorini volcano : natural history and the legend of Atlantis / Walter L. Freidrich ; translated by Alexander R. McBirney.
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Fire.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-244) and indexes.
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Translated from the German.
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NQ551.21094/1
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0521652901 :
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0521652901 (hardbound)
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551.210949585
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991012337099702626
