[Rockhounds] Scientific drilling unravels historical mystery surrounding Santorini volcano

[Paul]

Scientific drilling unravels historical mystery
surrounding Santorini volcanic archipelago
by Ilka Thomsen, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-scientific-drilling-unravels-historical-mystery.html

The sea 'began to boil': Freak volcanic eruption
of Santorini 1,300 years ago indicates huge
blasts can occur during time of quiet
By Sascha Pare, LiveScience, March 25, 2024
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/santorini-volcano-freak-eruption-1300-years-ago-was-as-violent-as-2022-tonga-eruption

The open access paper is:

Preine, J., Karstens, J., Hübscher, C., Druitt, T., Kutterolf,
S., Nomikou, P., Manga, M., Gertisser, R., Pank, K., Beethe,
S. and Berthod, C., 2024. Hazardous explosive eruptions
of a recharging multi-cyclic island arc caldera. Nature Geoscience.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01392-7

A related article is;

Underwater Santorini volcano eruption 520,000 years ago was
15 times bigger than record-breaking Tonga eruption
By Sascha Pare, LiveScience, January 26, 2024
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/underwater-santorini-volcano-eruption-520000-years-ago-was-15-times-bigger-than-record-breaking-tonga-eruption

The open access paper is:

Druitt, T., Kutterolf, S., Ronge, T.A., Hübscher, C., Nomikou,
P., Preine, J., Gertisser, R., Karstens, J., Keller, J., Koukousioura,
O. and Manga, M., 2024. Giant offshore pumice deposit records
a shallow submarine explosive eruption of ancestral Santorini.
Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1), p.24.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01171-z

Yours,

Paul H.