Minoan eruption - Wikipedia
The Minoan eruption was a catastrophic volcanic eruption that devastated the Aegean island of Thera (also called Santorini) circa 1600 BCE. [2][3] It destroyed the Minoan settlement at Akrotiri, as well as communities and agricultural areas on nearby islands and the coast of Crete with subsequent earthquakes and paleotsunamis. [4] .
The island of Santorini is hiding an explosive secret - National …
2024年3月25日 · Over three thousand years ago, a volcanic eruption ended an ancient civilization. A new study offers clues about what the next major eruption could look like. A church on the Greek island of...
Santorini caldera - Wikipedia
Although dormant, Santorini is an active volcano. Numerous minor and medium-sized, mainly effusive, eruptions have built the dark-colored lava shields of Nea and Palea Kameni inside the caldera. Their last eruption was in 1950, and now only fumarolic activity, primarily inside the recently active craters, takes place. [2]
Santorini Volcano in Greece to Erupt Again, Scientists Warn
2022年8月2日 · “It is quite certain, though, that the volcano will erupt in the future again because it is an active volcano and far from extinct,” Volcano Discovery reported. The volcano has erupted nine times in the previous two thousand years with the last blast occurring in 1950.
The sea 'began to boil': Freak volcanic eruption of Santorini …
2024年3月25日 · An eruption at Santorini volcano 1,300 years ago was far larger than previously thought, suggesting explosive blasts can occur even in periods of relative quiet, new research shows.
Santorini’s volcanic past: underwater clues reveal giant …
2024年2月6日 · During an expedition between late 2022 and early 2023, researchers discovered evidence of a previously unknown cataclysm. Half a million years ago, the volcano erupted violently enough to blanket...
Historic Santorini eruption pales in comparison to ancient blowout
2024年1月16日 · Similar sized eruptions of the Santorini volcano are known to have occurred at least 12 times over the past 360,000 years, but new data from an international drilling project show that the biggest one of all took place about 520,000 years ago.
How The Eruption of Thera Changed the World - Live Science
2008年2月25日 · The world map might look differently had the Greek volcano Thera not erupted 3,500 years ago in what geologists believe was the single-most powerful explosive event ever witnessed.
Santorini history: Myths, volcanic eruption & modern history
2024年1月24日 · Learn everything about Santorini history, from myths to the explosive volcanic eruption. Read a brief yet complete chronicle of the enchanting Aegean island.
The Minoan eruption - santorini.net
The eruption, which is also called Minoan, destroyed every trace of life from all the group of islands, keeping underneath the great layer of ashes that it deposited, the unique wealth of Prehistoric Santorini that the excavations at Akrotiri are bringing to …