The beautiful Greek Island of Santorini, the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions known to humanity. Dr Steve Blake looks at the structures of the island's volcanic rocks.
3 June 2009, 1:41 am
Transcript -- Welcome to Santorini
Transcript -- The beautiful Greek Island of Santorini, the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions known to humanity. Dr Steve Blake looks at the structures of the island's volcanic rocks.
3 June 2009, 1:41 am
3 minutes 12 seconds
Santorini's Volcanic History
Steve Blake pieces together the volcanic history on the island by closely examining two different kinds of rock.
3 June 2009, 1:40 am
Transcript -- Santorini's Volcanic History
Transcript -- Steve Blake pieces together the volcanic history on the island by closely examining two different kinds of rock.
3 June 2009, 1:40 am
4 minutes 26 seconds
Volcanic Succesions in Santorini
Dr Richard Thorpe visits Oia on the North island of Santorini to look at Red Scoria, lava and Stratified pumice. Where Santorini sits geographically and how it originally became a caldera.
3 June 2009, 1:39 am
Transcript -- Volcanic Succesions in Santorini
Transcript -- Dr Richard Thorpe visits Oia on the North island of Santorini to look at Red Scoria, lava and Stratified pumice. Where Santorini sits geographically and how it originally became a caldera.
3 June 2009, 1:39 am
4 minutes 7 seconds
Santorini: The Eastern Cliff
Richard Thorpe visits the Eastern cliff of the Caldera underneath the island's modern capital, Fira. He focusses on ancient 'deposits' in the succesions of the Scaros cliff, as well as flow-banding and tension gashes.
3 June 2009, 1:38 am
Transcript -- Santorini: The Eastern Cliff
Transcript -- Richard Thorpe visits the Eastern cliff of the Caldera underneath the island's modern capital, Fira. He focusses on ancient 'deposits' in the succesions of the Scaros cliff, as well as flow-banding and tension gashes.
3 June 2009, 1:38 am
6 minutes 24 seconds
The Minoan Eruption
Richard Thorpe and Steve Blake take a look at the remains of a Minoan fishing village, buried under pumice. How the myth of Atlantis is romantically linked to the island of Santorini