Submarine ash megabed fed by far-traveled, shoreline-crossing pyroclastic currents from a large explosive volcanic eruption Volcanic ash from an eruption in Greece poured into the sea, forming a bed 200 m thick in a submarine basin far from the volcano.

The Kos Plateau Tuff eruption of the Kos Volcano 161,000 years ago poured pyroclastic flows into the Aegean Sea. IODP #exp398 found the submarine products of the eruption 200 to 300 m thick, 140 km away from source NE of Santorini.
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"What's the best way to get people excited about Expedition 398? We'll show them the...diversity of cool cores and cool stories [in a book]" Susan Schnur served as an Onshore Outreach Officer for Expedition 398. Not only was she involved in the activities in Santorini before JOIDES Resolution arrived to start drilling, she decided to autho...

The newest posting on StoryCorps #TalesFromTheDeep - Onshore Outreach Officer Susan Schnur discusses her pre-expedition activities in Santorini and the book she has recently published on #IODP #EXP398 with compelling images and core descriptions (link to book in podcast description). 🧪🌊⚒️