Evidences of Seismogenic Destruction of Tile Kiln at the Medieval Pottery Production Center in Arroyo of the Suatkan Spring in Bakhchisarai district,Crimea

Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics - The Suatkan pottery center was located in the mountainous region of Crimea in the proximity of one of the medieval centers of economic and political...     

Paleogeographic Conditions and Age of a Strong Earthquake According to Data from Studying of the Holocene Deposits from Lake Sevan,Armenia

Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics - A field study of sections of loose deposits in the western part of the Lake Sevan basin (Armenia) is conducted to investigate geoecological and...     

Seismic Factor in the History of the Belinskoe Settlement (Kerch Peninsula,Crimea)

Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics - This article is devoted to seismic deformations in the walls of the ancient structures of the settlement of Belinskoe on the Kerch Peninsula, a frontier...     

Strong Seismic Activity of the Terskey Ala-Too Range Adyrs,Northern Tien Shan,in the Holocene from Radiocarbon Analysis Data

Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth - Abstract—We studied historical and paleoseismic deformations in the southern Issyk-Kul depression—on the territory of adyrs (piedmonts) of the...     

Archeological Monuments: Evidence of Strong Earthquakes in the Past (Using the Example of the Southwestern Part of the Issyk-Kul Lake Region,the Tien Shan)

Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics - This paper presents new materials and summarizes existing ones on archeoseismology studies of stony walls conducted in the Alabash-Konurolyong...     

Lake Sevan (Armenia) Deposits as Indicator of Paleoclimate and Neotectonic Processes

Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics - The history of lacustrine sedimentation in the Sevan depression is traced. The potential of using lacustrine sediments for the analysis of paleoclimate...     

An age of rockslides and paleoearthquakes in the Karasu River valley (Talas-Fergana Fault,Kyrgyzstan)

The study of the segment of the Karasu River valley (Kyrgyzstan), where it coincides with the Talas-Fergana Fault, the largest shear zone in Central Asia, was conducted. All the age data available for strong paleoearthquakes and significant rock landslides that occurred in the region were collected and analyzed; new age data were obtained using lichenometric and radiocarbon analyzers. It was established that the majority of earthquakes and landslide phases are coeval (within the limits of error of determination methods). This confirms the supposition that significant rockslides were induced by strong seismic events.     

Traces of the Strong Devastating Earthquakes in the Hansaray and Its Vicinity,Bakhchysarai, Crimea

Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth - Abstract—We study an ancient earthquake that significantly damaged the Hansaray (Khansarai) in Bakhchysarai, Crimea, at the end of the 17th century....     

Seismogenic deformations in the walls of the late medieval Yeni-Kale fortress in Eastern Crimea

The results of a macroseismic study of the late medieval Turkish Yeni-Kale fortress in Eastern Crimea are described. Despite the fact that the fortress’ structures were considerably affected by local landslide activity, military operations during the Crimean War, the Civil War, and the WWII, as well as by anthropogenic factors, such as railroads, etc., numerous specific deformations in the fortress walls suggest that the existing destruction and damage might be explained by strong seismic impacts. The local intensity of seismic oscillations could be I = (VIII)–IX points according to the MSK-64 macroseismic scale, and the direction of the combined maximum seismic impact could have a NW–SE strike. It is likely that the Turks abandoned the fortress without a battle because of its significant seismic damage and destruction in the 18th century, which had not yet been repaired by the time the Russian army arrived.     

The Traces and Chronology of the Strong Historical Earthquakes on Cape Zyuk,East Crimea

Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth - The results of studying the geological and archaeological traces of the strong earthquakes on Cape Zyuk where the ancient settlement existed from the turn of...