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Santorini caldera and magma recharge paper published

Available online at EPSL: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1YlKR,Ig4G-Zm.  Click here for a PDF.

Highlights

  • There is a shallow low-velocity, high-porosity volume in the north-central caldera.
  • Vents of the first 3 LBA eruption phases correlate with this inner structure.
  • Inner collapse involved reverse faults, volcanic deposits, and/or rock fractures.
  • The low-density volume may cause magma recharge to localize beneath it.
  • The outer topographic caldera formed by relatively coherent down drop.

A summary cartoon: