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A Comment on “A major Change in the Stratigraphy of the Santorini Volcano in Greece”
Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Université Clermont Auvergne-CNRS-IRD, OPGC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- 1 Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Université Clermont Auvergne-CNRS-IRD, OPGC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
International Journal of Geosciences·Volume 08 (2017)·Pages 1111–1117·Published 14 September 2017·DOI10.4236/ijg.2017.89063
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Abstract
Friedrich and coauthors [1] propose that two prominent eruption deposits of Santorini Volcano are in fact the same unit, resulting in a major reinterpretation of the volcanic history of this caldera. Here I summarize published field and petrological evidence showing that their proposal is not correct.
KeywordsSantoriniLower PumiceUpper PumiceMinoanCaldera
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