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River terraces are everywhere! But why do rivers sometimes aggrade a terrace and sometimes incise? Do rivers aggrade because there's more sediment coming in, or because there's less water for sediment transport? We did a case study. A thread
#geomorphology
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/es…
#geomorphology
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We investigated two alluvial fan sequences in #Crete, mapped them, did some #radiocarbon and #OSL dating, and measured #cosmogenic 10Be and 36Cl. Both fans roughly span the last glacial cycle, and therefore record large variations in climate.
To correct #cosmogenic nuclide concentrations for post-depositional production, I developed "PostPro". The code computes synthetical burial histories for sedimentary sections, including uncertainties of depth through time and all production uncertainties. github.com/Richard-Ott/Po…
A few words about the prehistory of Crete regarding the dialogue below... There is a relevant bibliography for what I am mentioning!
#Crete #Prehistory #Neolithic #AegeanBronzeAge #Minoans #Mycenaeans #Anatolia
#Crete #Prehistory #Neolithic #AegeanBronzeAge #Minoans #Mycenaeans #Anatolia
1/ The Neolithic package in Crete appears for the first time around 7000 BC. in Knossos with a community of settlers from Western Anatolia, which did not know the technology of pottery (Pre-Pottery Neolithic).
2/The interesting thing is that recent surveys have shown that within the community, chipped stone objects were found that bear characteristics of the Aegean Mesolithic tradition,which means that this short-lived community came into contact with local Mesolithic hunter-gatherers.
1/ There is the opinion that the Minoan Cretans were a peaceful people, who dominated through trade and their cultural superiority in the Aegean Basin during the first half of the 2nd millennium BC. But maybe was the reality different?
#Minoans #warfare #Crete #Aegean
#Minoans #warfare #Crete #Aegean
2/ It is clear that the economic prosperity through the involvement in the international trade of the time, as well as the particular Cretan religious worldview contributed decisively to the formation of the identity of both the Minoan elite and the rest of social groups.
3/ At the same time, however, and according to a more penetrating interpretation of the archaeological data, it appears that war was in fact a defining feature of Minoan society and that the model of the warrior-hunter-athlete was one of the dominant expressions of male identity.
1/ The palatial period of Minoan Crete is intertwined with the appearance and consolidation of Linear A', which during the Neopalatial Period was the main writing system. With the appearance of the first palaces, the Linear A must have already been in use.
2/This fact is demonstrated by the existence of the considered oldest sample of Linear A', a part of a tablet from the Southwestern House in Knossos (KN 49), which dates to MM IIA (1800 BC). However, there is the opinion that the birthplace of Linear A was the palace of Phaistos.
#ClassicsTwitter #Classics #mythology Στα νομίσματα της πόλης της Φαιστού κυριαρχούσαν οι μορφές του Ηρακλή και του ταύρου (της Κρήτης) και τούτο οφείλεται σε δύο λόγους: πρώτον, η πόλη της Φαιστού λέγεται πως πήρε το όνομά της από τον Φαίστο, βασιλιά της Σικυώνας και υιό του🔽
Ηρακλή, ο οποίος μετέβη στην Κρήτη, έπειτα από χρησμό (Παυσανίας 2.6.7.). Δεύτερον, σύμφωνα με την παράδοση, ο ταύρος της Κρήτης ήταν ο έβδομος άθλος του Ηρακλή. Συγκεκριμένα, ο ταύρος είχε σταλεί από τον Ποσειδώνα στον Μίνωα, έπειτα από τις προσευχές του τελευταίου, καθώς🔽
ο Μίνωας, λόγω της επιθυμίας του ν΄ανέβει στον θρόνο της Κρήτης, προσπάθησε να αποδείξει στους συμπολίτες του ότι έχει την εύνοια των θεών, ζητώντας από τον Ποσειδώνα έναν ταύρο, τον οποίο, μάλιστα, δεσμεύτηκε να θυσιάσει προς τιμήν του θεού. Όταν, όμως, βγήκε από τη θάλασσα ο🔽
Thursday's #Coronavirus megathread starts here with the best #Covid19 global analysis and round up available on Twitter.
First a little quiz, answer in the next Tweet:
Do you know which country has had the most recorded cases of Covid19 as a percentage of population?
First a little quiz, answer in the next Tweet:
Do you know which country has had the most recorded cases of Covid19 as a percentage of population?
So I hope there was no cheating... I'll leave some blank lines here too in case some later viewers don't want the answer just yet...
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So the nation with more #Covid19 cases than any other based on population is highly vaccinated #Seychelles at more than 20% infected.
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So the nation with more #Covid19 cases than any other based on population is highly vaccinated #Seychelles at more than 20% infected.
Today I spent quite a long time being filmed/interviewed by @bbcturkce about #Covid19 and #Turkey. Not sure how much they will use, let's see.
Coincidentally the cameraman Efe, just happened to be in Kyiv as one of those using Ukraine for a 10 day stop off to avoid hotel prison!
Coincidentally the cameraman Efe, just happened to be in Kyiv as one of those using Ukraine for a 10 day stop off to avoid hotel prison!
Wednesday's #Coronavirus megathread starts here, with all the data, news and analysis as #Covid19 continues to cause problems.
Slightly less mega today on the thread as I am working abroad and struggling for time and internet. Doing my best!
Slightly less mega today on the thread as I am working abroad and struggling for time and internet. Doing my best!
The daily #Coronavirus megathread for Tuesday starts early, from Manchester airport.
Because of the early start I missed a few countries from yesterday's thread, first I'll update these #Covid19 totals. Tweets during the day may be delayed due to travel & connectivity issues
Because of the early start I missed a few countries from yesterday's thread, first I'll update these #Covid19 totals. Tweets during the day may be delayed due to travel & connectivity issues
Hello! It's a super sunny Sunday in (almost) all of #UK, enjoy the BBQ & don't worry too much about #Covid19
This is the daily #Coronavirus megathread and soon I'll make my predictions about🚦travel review.
To my anonymous donors💚just sorry I can't thank you personally.
This is the daily #Coronavirus megathread and soon I'll make my predictions about🚦travel review.
To my anonymous donors💚just sorry I can't thank you personally.
Late on yesterday's thread some alarming news from #Bahrain, and also on there data from #Argentina and #Brazil
But today in the next 2 tweets, I'll start by taking a look at the infection situation which can go a long way to determining🟢🚦countries
But today in the next 2 tweets, I'll start by taking a look at the infection situation which can go a long way to determining🟢🚦countries
Saturday's #Coronavirus megathread starts here.
Thanks so much for everyone who contributed yesterday, if you have no idea what I'm on about here's another sneaky link to my crowdfunder!
It's a quite start today following the flurry of news last night..
crowdfunder.co.uk/covid19-travel…
Thanks so much for everyone who contributed yesterday, if you have no idea what I'm on about here's another sneaky link to my crowdfunder!
It's a quite start today following the flurry of news last night..
crowdfunder.co.uk/covid19-travel…
So a lot of data and a couple of new stories came in during the last hour or so of Friday, including South America data.
You can catch up on #Argentina #Brazil #Colombia #Bulgaria #Norway stats, and some #OlympicGames news by clicking and scrolling ⬇️
You can catch up on #Argentina #Brazil #Colombia #Bulgaria #Norway stats, and some #OlympicGames news by clicking and scrolling ⬇️
Now more very concerning news from #Bahrain, one of the most vaccinated territories on the planet.
#Covid19 cases are still rising there - more worrying is the real increase in deaths too.
Second highest daily number of new cases & deaths in the latest update
graph @Worldometers
#Covid19 cases are still rising there - more worrying is the real increase in deaths too.
Second highest daily number of new cases & deaths in the latest update
graph @Worldometers
Finally, here is Friday's #Coronavirus megathread
🚦review imminent, I'm getting a lot of questions.
I reply to everyone but it's so time consuming
I'm now working on 7-day rates for EVERY Greek island.
No obligation but if my efforts are worth £1, thx
crowdfunder.co.uk/covid19-travel…
🚦review imminent, I'm getting a lot of questions.
I reply to everyone but it's so time consuming
I'm now working on 7-day rates for EVERY Greek island.
No obligation but if my efforts are worth £1, thx
crowdfunder.co.uk/covid19-travel…
I'll continue to post free advice and data, so nothing will be hidden from anyone, so please don't be angry or upset! And yes you can still ask questions!
So the big news in UK today is that the single shot Jansen (J&J) #Covid19 vaccine has been approved
bbc.co.uk/news/health-57…
So the big news in UK today is that the single shot Jansen (J&J) #Covid19 vaccine has been approved
bbc.co.uk/news/health-57…
The big #Covid19 data news overnight is that #Argentina smashed its own record again, topping 40,000 cases in a day for the first time.
41,080 new cases to be precise, up around 15% on last week's total.
Another 547 new deaths
41,080 new cases to be precise, up around 15% on last week's total.
Another 547 new deaths
#Greece #EU #Athen #Crete
Heavy floods are affecting the island of Crete in Greece.
Based on a request from @GSCP_GR, the emergency response coordination centre has activated the @CopernicusEMS 📡 service for emergency satellite mapping.
Heavy floods are affecting the island of Crete in Greece.
Based on a request from @GSCP_GR, the emergency response coordination centre has activated the @CopernicusEMS 📡 service for emergency satellite mapping.
Event Time (UTC): 2020-11-10 12:00
Event Time (LOC): 2020-11-10 10:00
Event Type: Flood (Flash flood)
Activation Time (UTC):
2020-11-11 07:57
Activation Status: Open
Affected Countries/Territories:
-Hellenic Republic
Event Time (LOC): 2020-11-10 10:00
Event Type: Flood (Flash flood)
Activation Time (UTC):
2020-11-11 07:57
Activation Status: Open
Affected Countries/Territories:
-Hellenic Republic
Authorised User:
Greece|General secretariat for Civil protection - Directorate for Emergency Planning and Response
Greece|General secretariat for Civil protection - Directorate for Emergency Planning and Response
‼️#Greek coast guard performed huge illegal #pushback involving 197 people and 7 life rafts on Wednesday! ‼️
A boat carrying 197 people tried to cross from #Turkey to #Italy on Tuesday, but got into bad weather and sat course towards #Crete. Close to the south shore of Crete, they had engine problems and the Greek Coast Guard (HCG) was alerted at 09.00.
#HCG divided the people on two coast guard vessels, 121 men & boys on the first & 76 people (families) on the other. Some of the refugees states they were abused while onboard the HCG vessel. Footage & video testimonies have been provided.
#Shaking detected
5.3MB #Magnitude #Earthquake reported
#AegeanSea #Crete, #Greece
5KM deep
10/12/2020 | 04:11:28 (UTC)
GPS: 35.62, 26.26
reported by #emsc_Seismicportal
👉A few hours earlyer the same are was hit by a 5.1 Earthquake at 0:30 UTC. Swarm building can be seen.
5.3MB #Magnitude #Earthquake reported
#AegeanSea #Crete, #Greece
5KM deep
10/12/2020 | 04:11:28 (UTC)
GPS: 35.62, 26.26
reported by #emsc_Seismicportal
👉A few hours earlyer the same are was hit by a 5.1 Earthquake at 0:30 UTC. Swarm building can be seen.
Data plotted for time range:
10/12/2020
03:26:00 (UTC) to 04:26:59 (UTC)
from Seismograph HL-ARG (Greece)
10/12/2020
03:26:00 (UTC) to 04:26:59 (UTC)
from Seismograph HL-ARG (Greece)
This plot shows 1 hour of data from the nearest available seismic station in the Global Seismographic Network.
#Kabul, #Afghanistan IU-KBL (34.5408° N x 69.0432° E)
#Greece #Earthquake
#Kabul, #Afghanistan IU-KBL (34.5408° N x 69.0432° E)
#Greece #Earthquake
#Shaking detected
5.3ML / 5.7 MW #Magnitude #earthquake reported
#Greece, #Medeteraniansea, East Basin, 19 Km SW from #Arvi #Crete
depth: 56km or 25.5Km
18.09.2020 / 16:28:17 (UTC)
GPS: 34.8866, 25.2882
reported by #emsc_Seismicportal and Institute of Geodynamics Athen
5.3ML / 5.7 MW #Magnitude #earthquake reported
#Greece, #Medeteraniansea, East Basin, 19 Km SW from #Arvi #Crete
depth: 56km or 25.5Km
18.09.2020 / 16:28:17 (UTC)
GPS: 34.8866, 25.2882
reported by #emsc_Seismicportal and Institute of Geodynamics Athen
HL-ANKY is at 35.8670, 23.3012 north west of #Crete
I just spent 2 weeks on beautiful Crete, from where I watched the Berlin “anti-Coronavirus” protests & middle class Germans happily mingling with Neo-Nazis. Here’s a small story from Greece in WW2 for all who think that the #Wehrmacht “really wasn’t that bad”. #NeverAgain #Thread
In May 1941, after occupying mainland Greece, the German army attacked #Crete. They staged a massive airborne invasion with the Fallschirmjäger paratroops who were opposed by British and Greek troops and Cretan civilians.
After two weeks of bloody battle, the #Fallschirmjäger defeated the defending troops, but sustained losses so heavy that Adolf Hitler forbade any airborne landings for the rest of World War 2. Over 4000 of them were killed or lost in action.
1/Below is representation of earliest syllabic scripts used in continental #Greece & #Cyprus for pre-Greek& Greek languages. Both mainland Greece & Cyprus owe their first alphabets to Minoan #Crete & Linear A. Cypro-Minoan, modelled on it, represents yet undeciphered language(s)
2/Cypro-Minoan was named such by Sir Arthur Evans, who was behind Knossos excavations. He suspected a Minoan colony in Cyprus allowing scribal transmission to occur.
Cypro-Minoan led to Cypriot syllabary, which along with Linear B, are first scribal systems for writing Greek.
Cypro-Minoan led to Cypriot syllabary, which along with Linear B, are first scribal systems for writing Greek.
3/Cypriot syllabary was used for the Achaean type of Greek spoken by Cypriots until the latter part of 1st Millen BCE when Koine & Greek alphabet took hold.
Linguistically, it was close to the Mycenaean of Linear B. It had 55 syllabic letters, just a few less than Linear B
Linguistically, it was close to the Mycenaean of Linear B. It had 55 syllabic letters, just a few less than Linear B
BREAKING: The White House has said that US President #Trump is canceling his upcoming South America trip to remain in the US "to oversee the American response to Syria." - @NBCNews
