Yeah in 2007 we took a trip to the region which included a cruise to Turkey and various islands.
Anyway, here is the chart of the ash fall as calculated by geologists.
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As you can see the depth of the ash deposit in Egypt is 0.1 whereas Turkey was blanketed.
As far as the tsunamis go,
This is the best map I can find right now.
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Find Santorini and you'll see that much of the wave generated to the south would have run into Crete....where the coast was undoubtedly smashed but the Palace of Knossos is located on the central plateau and so out of harm's way. To the East the wave would have hammered Karpathos and Rhodes and to the West the Greek mainland of the Peloponnese would have been battered but the Greeks were little more than barbarians at the time without the coastal cities of later ages. To the north the myriad islands of the Dodecanese and Cyclades would have disrupted the wave.
Here's a photo of Karpathos.
http://www.citypictures.org/r-europe-148...e-2798.htm
( too big to post as an image)
A tsunami does not wash over an island like that and just keep going as if it wasn't there. Although had the town been there and facing west at the time it would have been obliterated.
Anyway, here is the chart of the ash fall as calculated by geologists.
As you can see the depth of the ash deposit in Egypt is 0.1 whereas Turkey was blanketed.
As far as the tsunamis go,
This is the best map I can find right now.
Find Santorini and you'll see that much of the wave generated to the south would have run into Crete....where the coast was undoubtedly smashed but the Palace of Knossos is located on the central plateau and so out of harm's way. To the East the wave would have hammered Karpathos and Rhodes and to the West the Greek mainland of the Peloponnese would have been battered but the Greeks were little more than barbarians at the time without the coastal cities of later ages. To the north the myriad islands of the Dodecanese and Cyclades would have disrupted the wave.
Here's a photo of Karpathos.
http://www.citypictures.org/r-europe-148...e-2798.htm
( too big to post as an image)
A tsunami does not wash over an island like that and just keep going as if it wasn't there. Although had the town been there and facing west at the time it would have been obliterated.
