Faulted archaeological relics at Hierapolis (Pamukkale), Turkey


Hancock P., ALTUNEL E.

JOURNAL OF GEODYNAMICS, cilt.24, ss.21-36, 1997 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24
  • Basım Tarihi: 1997
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s0264-3707(97)00003-3
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF GEODYNAMICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.21-36
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.