Santorini : volcano, natural history, mythology / Walter L. Friedrich ; translation, Alexander R. McBirney

Author: Friedrich, Walter L. (Walter Ludwig), 1938-
Uniform Title: Feuer im Meer. English
Published: Aarhus : Aarhus University Press, [2009]
Oakville, CT : [Distributed by] David Brown Book Co.
Copyright Date: ©2009
Physical Description: 312 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cm

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Contents

I. The geological framework -- 1. The geography of Santorini -- 2. Santorini and plate tectonics -- 3. The geological development of Santorini -- 4. Stratigraphy - the backbone of geology -- 5. Plant remains and geological time -- II. The Minoan eruption -- 6. The mechanism of the Minoan eruption -- 7. When did the catastrophe occur? -- III. The volcano -- 8. A Bronze Age Pompeii -- 9. What was living on the island in the Bronze Age? -- 10. An idea takes hold -- 11. Geological observations and mythology -- IV. The island is changing its appearance -- 12. The caldera is filling again -- 13. Volcanism today -- 14. Present and future changes of the island -- V. Appendices -- VI. References and indices.

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ISBN

9788779345058
8779345050

Note

Translation of: Feuer im Meer. 2. Aufl.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-306) and indexes.

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