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Analyses of tephra in abyssal piston cores collected during cruises of R/V Trident show that the Minoan eruption produced at least 28 km3 of tephra (13 km3 dense rock equivalent). A layer up to 5 cm thick must have been deposited on eastern Crete.
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Watkins, N., Sparks, R., Sigurdsson, H. et al. Volume and extent of the Minoan tephra from Santorini Volcano: new evidence from deep-sea sediment cores. Nature 271, 122–126 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/271122a0
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