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The Thera eruption and Late Minoan-IB destruction on Crete

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SPARKS, R., SIGURDSSON, H. & WATKINS, N. The Thera eruption and Late Minoan-IB destruction on Crete. Nature 271, 91 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/271091a0

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