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Reconstructing A Catastrophe: The Minoan Eruption Of Santorini

Before I start, a little bit of history; why is this a significant eruption?  The Minoans were a powerful Bronze Age civilisation on Crete.  Their power came from their trade network, stretching from western Europe to the middle east.  Thera was an important part of this network, although it appears to have had some independence.  This all came to an end some time in the 17th century B.C., and the chief suspect is the eruption of Santorini. showed an island with a large caldera at its centre.  How can we tell there was already a caldera there that the Minoan eruption then enlarged, rather than a complete island that was torn apart for the first time?  There are two pieces of evidence that lead us to this conclusion.  The first is rather simple.  Some of the cliff faces are plastered with the products of the Minoan eruption.  If the cliff faces are covered in eruption products, then the cliff faces must have been there before the eruption.  The second shows that not only was there a caldera present, but that it must have been filled with sea water.  Stromatolites are a kind of microbial mat, which from distinctive domes.  They only grow in marine conditions, and are found in the volcanic deposits from the Minoan eruption.  A study mapped out their occurrence in the Minoan products, showing how there must have been a shallow sea in the centre of the island.  The stromatolites would have been ripped up from their resting place during the eruption. wrong?  Probably not, as there is evidence for an older island.  In the Minoan deposits there are blocks of lava that cannot be matched to any of the lava flows uncovered on Santorini today.  The most likely explanation for these is an island similar to the present day Kamenis, that was sunk or blown apart by the eruption and caldera collapse. One of the biggest clues to the method of deposition is the grain size.  Small grains require little energy to transport, so where they are found to have been deposited must have been tranquil.  While the eruption that produced this ash must have been at least a little violent, a short distance away it would have been calmer.  These sorts of deposits are typical of ash falling out of a plume emanating from a vent and spreading out.  How long this phase lasted is a major uncertainty.

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