Cycles of seismic activity in the second half of the holocene in the Western Caucasus and their correlation with stages of civilization development: A case study of the upper reach of the Mzymta River
- Авторы: Ovsuchenko A.1, Menshikov M.2, Rogozhin E.1, Korzhenkov A.1
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Учреждения:
- Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth
- OOO Capital Archaeological Bureau
- Выпуск: Том 52, № 8 (2016)
- Страницы: 816-840
- Раздел: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0001-4338/article/view/148489
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433816080089
- ID: 148489
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Аннотация
The results of comprehensive research into the area of the upper reach of the Mzymta River (Western Caucasus) are presented. The evidence of strong earthquakes that struck the study area throughout history is studied. The periods when mud flows and rockslides associated with the earthquakes are identified to fall between 3100–4000 and 700–1200 years ago. Paleoseismological results are correlated to the results of archeological excavations. As a result, it is revealed that the periods of tectonic disasters coincided with the onsets of the period when the area was uninhabited (abandoned) by people. The results of the present comprehensive research provide additional information to specify the seismic hazard and the chronology of human habitation in the region.
Об авторах
A. Ovsuchenko
Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth
Автор, ответственный за переписку.
Email: ovs@ifz.ru
Россия, Moscow, 123242
M. Menshikov
OOO Capital Archaeological Bureau
Email: ovs@ifz.ru
Россия, Moscow, 109012
E. Rogozhin
Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth
Email: ovs@ifz.ru
Россия, Moscow, 123242
A. Korzhenkov
Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth
Email: ovs@ifz.ru
Россия, Moscow, 123242