• Reconstruction of the paleo-coastline of Santorini island (Greece), after the 1613 BC volcanic eruption: A GIS-based quantitative methodology

• # Fulltext

https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/jess/125/01/0001-0011

• # Keywords

Thera/Santorini; GIS; wave erosion; coastline.

• # Abstract

A catastrophic volcanic explosion took place in Thera/Santorini island around 1613 BC, known as the Minoan' eruption. Many papers have dealt with the shape of the shoreline of the island before the eruption, but none with the shape of the shoreline exactly after it, assuming that it would be the same with the contemporary one. However, this is not correct due to the wave erosion. In this paper, a new DEM was constructed, covering both land and submarine morphology, then topographic sections were drawn around the island. Using these sections, the missing parts' (sea-wave erosion) were calculated, the shoreline was reconstructed as it was one day after the eruption and finally the erosion rate was calculated.

• # Author Affiliations

1. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Geology, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece.

• # Journal of Earth System Science

Volume 131, 2022
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• # Editorial Note on Continuous Article Publication

Posted on July 25, 2019