Deformation Map of Santorini (IMAGE)

University of Oxford

Deformation Map of Santorini

Caption

This is a model of vertical movement across Santorini since January 2011. The deformation can most easily be explained by the intrusion of new molten rock at a depth of about five km below the red dot.

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Michelle Parks

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