Thera eruption was bigger still


	Thera eruption was bigger still

invictus

8-28-2006 9:11 AM

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volcanoes, bronze age, thera, santorini, mega eruption, minoan collapse, ancient history, catastrophe, geology

invictus says:

Some scientists have suggested that the eruption may be connected to the decline of the Minoan people, an ancient sea-faring civilisation living on nearby Crete. Others have even tried to link the event to the legendary disappearance of the island of Atlantis.

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					Thera eruption was bigger still
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				<DIV class="cap">Inside the crater of the Thera volcano at the island of Santorini</DIV>
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			</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>The second largest volcanic eruption in human history was much larger than previously thought, scientists say.</B>
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5287124.stm"><FONT size="2">The Bronze Age eruption of Thera near mainland Greece would have devastated ancient civilisations in the region.
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5287124.stm"><FONT size="2">Ash would likely have plunged much of the Mediterranean into darkness, and tsunami would have wrecked local ports.
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5287124.stm"><FONT size="2">A survey around what is now the island arc of Santorini shows volcanic pumice to a depth of 80m covering the ocean floor for 20-30km in all directions.
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<FONT size="2"><B>A colossal scale</B>
</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5287124.stm"><FONT size="2">By examining echoes from volcanic deposits on the ocean floor, researchers have shown that the Aegean eruption of Thera 3,600 years ago may have propelled 60 cubic km of magma out of the volcano's crater.
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