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Link Earthquakes

Introductory level course on Earthquakes from the Open University

Earthquakes view
Link Geological Society of London

Photo library, explanations and examples of geological phenomena, links to publications.

Although the Geological Society serves the...

Rocks, Earthquakes, Volcanoes view
Link Geology.com. News and information about geology.

Go to Articles on top bar, to get a wide range of descriptive articles with illustrations, e.g. minerals, rocks, fossils, and much more.

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Minerals, Fossils, Rocks, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Geological time, Plate tectonics, Climate change view
Link HELIKE (HELICE), 373 BCE

Helice, a city on the Corinthian Gulf, was destroyed by a tsunami in 373 BC. This could have inspired Plato’s thinking regarding his Atlantis...

Helice, Helike, Plato, Atlantis, Earthquakes, Tsunami view
Link HELIKE PROJECT

Helice, a city on the Corinthian Gulf, was destroyed by a tsunami in 373 BC. This could have inspired Plato’s thinking regarding his Atlantis...

Helike, Helice, Atlantis, Plato, Strabo, Earthquakes, Tsunami view
Link INUNDATION OF ATALANTE (426 BCE)

An even took place in 426 BCE that some scholars think might have come to influence Plato in his Atlantis story: earthquakes, tsunamis, and the...

Atlantis, Atalante, Earthquakes, Tsunami, Plato, Thucydides view
Link INUNDATION OF ATALANTE (426 BCE) - DISCUSSION

Strabo and Diodorus Siculus mention tsunamigenic earthquakes in the region of Atalante, with the former basing his account on a lost catalogue of...

Plato, Atlantis, Atalante, Earthquakes, Tsunami, Thucydides view
Link INUNDATION OF HELIKE (HELICE), 373 BCE

This link takes you to a BBC production about the inundation of Helike in 373 BCE.

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Atlantis, Plato, Helike, Helice, Earthquakes, Tsunami view
Link INUNDATION OF HELIKE (HELICE), 373 BCE

This link gives information about the inundation of Helike of the Corinthian Gulf in 373 BCE.

Plato, Atlantis, Helike, Helice, Earthquakes, Tsunami view
Link INUNDATION OF HELIKE (HELICE), 373 BCE

A disastrous event occurred in 373 BCE that could have inspired Plato’s thinking regarding his Atlantis story: Helice, a city on the Corinthian...

Plato, Atlantis, Helike, Helice, Earthquakes, Tsunami view
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