The Christiana–Santorini–Kolumbo volcanic field in the South Aegean Sea (Greece) is one of the most important in Europe, having produced more than 100 explosive eruptions in the last 400,000 years. Its volcanic centers include the extinct Christiana Volcano and associated seamounts, Santorini caldera with its intracaldera Kameni Volcano, Kolumbo Volcano, and 24 other submarine cones of the Kolumbo chain. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, submarine mass wasting, neotectonics and gas releases from these centers pose significant geohazards to human populations and infrastructures of the Eastern Mediterranean region. Defining the geological processes and structures that contribute to these geohazards will provide an important framework to guide future monitoring and research activities aimed at hazard mitigation.
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June 01, 2019
The Christiana–Santorini–Kolumbo Volcanic Field
Paraskevi Nomikou;
Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupoli Zografou, 15784 Athens, Greece
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Christian Hübscher;
Institute of Geophysics, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, University of Hamburg, Bundesstraße 55, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
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Steven Carey
Graduate School of Oceanography, The University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, 02882, USA
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Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupoli Zografou, 15784 Athens, Greece
Institute of Geophysics, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, University of Hamburg, Bundesstraße 55, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America
First Online:
18 Jul 2019
Online ISSN: 1811-5217
Print ISSN: 1811-5209
Copyright © 2019 by the Mineralogical Society of America
Mineralogical Society of America
Elements (2019) 15 (3): 171–176.
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18 Jul 2019
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Paraskevi Nomikou, Christian Hübscher, Steven Carey; The Christiana–Santorini–Kolumbo Volcanic Field. Elements 2019;; 15 (3): 171–176. doi: https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.15.3.171
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- Aegean Islands
- Aegean Sea
- Cenozoic
- Cyclades
- earthquakes
- East Mediterranean
- Europe
- explosive eruptions
- faults
- geologic hazards
- geophysical profiles
- geophysical surveys
- Greece
- Greek Aegean Islands
- hydrothermal vents
- mass movements
- Mediterranean region
- Mediterranean Sea
- mitigation
- natural hazards
- neotectonics
- Quaternary
- seamounts
- seismic profiles
- Southern Europe
- submarine volcanoes
- surveys
- tectonics
- Thera
- upper Quaternary
- volcanic fields
- volcanism
- volcanoes
- Christiana
- Kameni
- South Aegean volcanic arc
- Kolumbo
- Christiana-Santorini-Kolumbo volcanic field
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