Faulted archaeological relics at Hierapolis (Pamukkale), Turkey
JOURNAL OF GEODYNAMICS, vol.24, pp.21-36, 1997 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 24
- Publication Date: 1997
- Doi Number: 10.1016/s0264-3707(97)00003-3
- Journal Name: JOURNAL OF GEODYNAMICS
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.21-36
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
The former Roman city of Hierapolis (modern Pamukkale), within the Buyuk Menderes valley, contains an abundance of faulted architectural relies related to damaging earthquakes that have occurred since at least 60 A.D. Faulted relies include: (1) a Roman freshwater channel; (2) a mid-Roman relief carved into a fault plane; (3) Roman and Byzantine walls offset across the Hierapolis normal fault zone; (4) the walls of a late Byzantine fort offset more than once across a fissure/fault; and (5) numerous displaced wall-like Roman and post-Roman petrified water channels. In addition to these faulted relies, numerous monuments display tilted and toppled walls; maximum damage generally being adjacent to the Hierapolis fault zone which passes through the centre of the city. Many relies are also partly covered by faulting-related travertine deposits.