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En-echelon quartz-filled tension gashes (vertical)

En-echelon quartz-filled tension gashes in schist– suggestive of left side down sense-of-shear. Santorini, Greece. (180325-26)
Download ImageNonconformity: pyroclastic deposits on metamorphics

Nonconformity: 22Ka Ash flow tuff on Eocene metamorphic rock of the basement of Santorini, Greece. (180325-24)
Download ImageNonconformity: pyroclastic deposits on metamorphics

Students inspect nonconformity: 22Ka Ash flow tuff on Eocene metamorphic rock of the basement of Santorini, Greece. (180325-17)
Download ImageHydrothermal explosion crater, Santorini

Hydrothermal explosion crater on Nea Kameni Island, Santorini, Greece (180325-14)
Download ImageDacite dome, Santorini, Greece.

Dacite dome, Santorini, Greece. Block in foreground is about 2m high. (180325-13)
Download ImageHydrothermal explosion crater, Santorini

Hydrothermal explosion crater on Nea Kameni Island, Santorini, Greece (180325-7)
Download Imageflow-banding in dacite, Santorini (vertical)

flow-banding in dacite lava, Santorini, Greece (180325-5)
Download ImageSantorini caldera, Greece

Santorini caldera, Greece. Nea Kameni, the site of the most recent volcanism in 1950, is the island in the center. (180325-1)
Download ImageAir-fall pumice deposit, Santorini, Greece

Air-fall pumice deposit of the 3.6Ka Minoan eruption, Santorini, Greece (180324-119)
Download ImageBoulder included in pumice deposit (vertical)

Boulder included in pumice fall deposit of 3.6Ka Minoan eruption, Santorini, Greece. (180324-117)
Download ImageBoulder included in pumice fall deposit

Boulder included in pumice fall of 3.6Ka Minoan eruption, Santorini, Greece. (180324-114)
Download ImageTafoni in ash flow tuff, Santorini, Greece

Tafoni (honeycomb weathering) in ash flow tuff, Santorini, Greece (180324-103)
Download ImageTafoni in ash flow tuff, Santorini, Greece

Tafoni (honeycomb weathering) in ash flow tuff, Santorini, Greece (180324-102)
Download ImageSantorini caldera and ash flow tuff (pan)

Santorini caldera and deposits of ash flow tuff on its flanks. (180324-82)
Download ImageSantorini caldera and ash flow tuff

Santorini caldera and deposits of ash flow tuff on its flanks. (180324-76)
Download ImagePyroclastic flow deposits, Santorini

Ash flow tuff of the 3.6Ka Minoan eruption, Santorini, Greece. (180324-37)
Download ImagePyroclastics of 3.5Ka Minoan eruption, Santorini

Pyroclastic deposits of 3.5Ka Minoan eruption, Santorini, Greece. Air-fall pumice at base; base-surge deposit at head level of geologist; low temperature ash flow forms white cliffs above; high temperature ignimbrite forms gray cap. (180324-31)
Download ImagePyroclastic flow deposits, Santorini

Ash flow tuff of the 3.6Ka Minoan eruption, Santorini, Greece. (180324-30)
Download ImagePyroclastics of 3.5Ka Minoan eruption, Santorini

Pyroclastic deposits of 3.5Ka Minoan eruption, Santorini, Greece. Air-fall pumice at base; base-surge deposit at head level of upper most students; low temperature ash flow forms white cliffs above; high temperature ignimbrite forms gray cap. (180324-28)
Download ImagePyroclastics of 3.5Ka Minoan eruption (vertical)

Pyroclastic deposits of 3.5Ka Minoan eruption, Santorini, Greece. Air-fall pumice at base; base-surge deposit forms stratified white layer above; low temperature ash flow forms white cliffs above; high temperature ignimbrite forms gray cap. (180324-19)
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