Normal fault displacement dislocating a Roman aqueduct of Ephesos, western Turkey

A 38‐km‐long ancient aqueduct channel that served Roman Ephesos, Turkey was dislocated vertically over 3 m by a single seismic event on a normal fault. A new channel was constructed downstream from the fault in Roman times, next to and partly on top of the original channel. Archaeological investigat...

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Veröffentlicht in:Terra nova (Oxford, England) England), 2013-08, Vol.25 (4), p.292-297
Hauptverfasser: Passchier, Cees W., Wiplinger, Gilbert, Güngör, Talip, Kessener, Paul, Sürmelihindi, Gül
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Zusammenfassung:A 38‐km‐long ancient aqueduct channel that served Roman Ephesos, Turkey was dislocated vertically over 3 m by a single seismic event on a normal fault. A new channel was constructed downstream from the fault in Roman times, next to and partly on top of the original channel. Archaeological investigations and study of carbonate deposits suggest a causative seismic event in the second half of the second century CE, probably in 178 CE, after the original channel had functioned for
ISSN:0954-4879
1365-3121
DOI:10.1111/ter.12035