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 3
Minoan eruption of Thera 3
Thera eruption canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age event ⓘ
natural disaster ⓘ
volcanic eruption ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Minoan eruption ⓘ
linked to: Thera eruption

Santorini eruption ⓘ
linked to: Thera eruption
approximateDate 17th century BCE ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ
ashFoundIn Crete ⓘ
Cyprus ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Turkey ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Minoan civilization ⓘ
chronologyDebate high vs low chronology for Late Bronze Age Aegean ⓘ
climaticImpact short-term regional climate cooling ⓘ
coveredSettlementWith ash ⓘ
destroyedSettlement Akrotiri ⓘ
linked to: Akrotiri (Thera)
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 caldera ⓘ
linked to: Santorini

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 caldera ⓘ
linked to: Santorini

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Akrotiri (Thera) → destroyedBy → Minoan eruption of Thera ⓘ
linked to: Thera eruption
Thera → historicallySignificantFor → Minoan eruption ⓘ
linked to: Thera eruption
Thera eruption → alsoKnownAs → Minoan eruption ⓘ
linked to: Thera eruption
Thera eruption → alsoKnownAs → Santorini eruption ⓘ
linked to: Thera eruption
Thera frescoes → associatedEvent → Minoan eruption of Thera ⓘ
linked to: Thera eruption
Strongyle → eruptionKnownAs → Minoan eruption ⓘ
linked to: Thera eruption
Kalliste → relatedConcept → Thera eruption ⓘ
Aspronisi → formedBy → Minoan eruption of Thera ⓘ
linked to: Thera eruption