Thera eruption

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The Thera eruption was a massive Bronze Age volcanic explosion on the Aegean island of Thera (Santorini) that devastated nearby regions and is often linked to the collapse of Minoan civilization.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Minoan eruption 2
Minoan eruption of Thera 2
Santorini eruption 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age event
natural disaster
volcanic eruption
alsoKnownAs Thera eruption
surface form: Minoan eruption

Thera eruption
surface form: Santorini eruption
approximateDate 17th century BCE
Late Bronze Age
ashFoundIn Crete
Cyprus
Levant region
surface form: Levant

Turkey
associatedWithCulture Minoan civilization
chronologyDebate high vs low chronology for Late Bronze Age Aegean
climaticImpact short-term regional climate cooling
coveredSettlementWith ash
destroyedSettlement Akrotiri (Thera)
surface form: Akrotiri
eruptionStyle Plinian eruption
phreatomagmatic eruption
estimatedMagnitude one of the largest eruptions of the last 4,000 years
estimatedPlumeHeight over 30 kilometers
evidenceType ice core sulfate spikes
tephrochronology
tree-ring anomalies
followedBy post-caldera volcanic activity on Santorini
generated ash fall over eastern Mediterranean
pyroclastic flows
tsunamis
impactOnCivilization contributedToDeclineOf Minoan civilization
devastated nearby Minoan settlements
influenced synchronization of Aegean and Egyptian chronologies
linkedToMyth Atlantis legend
Exodus plagues hypotheses
locatedInCountry Greece
locatedInSea Aegean Sea
occurredOnIsland Santorini
Thera
partOf geologic history of Santorini
precededBy earlier Santorini eruptive phases
producedFeature Santorini
surface form: Santorini caldera

ignimbrite deposits
pumice deposits
tephra layer in eastern Mediterranean
radiocarbonDateRange circa 1627–1600 BCE
studiedInDiscipline Aegean prehistory
archaeology
paleoclimatology
volcanology
volcanicExplosivityIndex VEI 6
volcano Santorini
surface form: Santorini caldera

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akrotiri (Thera) destroyedBy Thera eruption
this entity surface form: Minoan eruption of Thera
Thera historicallySignificantFor Thera eruption
this entity surface form: Minoan eruption
Thera eruption alsoKnownAs Thera eruption
this entity surface form: Minoan eruption
Thera eruption alsoKnownAs Thera eruption
this entity surface form: Santorini eruption
Thera frescoes associatedEvent Thera eruption
this entity surface form: Minoan eruption of Thera