On traces of a strong earthquake in walls of the Sary-Bulun medieval sites along the great silk route (western Issyk-Kul Lake region, Northern Tien Shan)
- Authors: Korzhenkov A.M.1,2, Luzhanskii D.V.2, Abdieva S.V.2, Deev E.V.3,4, Pavlis T.L.5, Rogozhin E.A.1, Turova I.V.3,4, Yudakhin A.S.2
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Affiliations:
- Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth
- Yeltsin Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University
- Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch
- Novosibirsk State University
- University of Texas
- Issue: Vol 53, No 4 (2017)
- Pages: 309-322
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0747-9239/article/view/177428
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3103/S0747923917040077
- ID: 177428
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Abstract
The Sary-Bulun archeological sites located along the Great Silk Route of medieval times are studied. The study revealed a number of the deformations of seismogenic origin: tilts, shifts, and collapse and lateral bends of walls as well as long fissures in corner parts of the rooms. Judging by archeological artifacts, the seismic event occurred at the end of the 12th–beginning of the 13th century AD. Judging by degree of damage, the intensity of this ancient earthquake was I ≥ VIII on the MSK-64. The source of the seismic oscillations was apparently located in the faults cutting the active Boz-Barmak anticline. The studied archeological sites are located on the western limb of this anticline structure. In the medieval period, the Sary-Bulun settlements were the largest metallurgic centers of the Issyk-Kul depression and, thus, they are of a great significance for studying industrial processes of that time.
About the authors
A. M. Korzhenkov
Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth; Yeltsin Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University
Author for correspondence.
Email: korzhenkov@ifz.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow; Bishkek
D. V. Luzhanskii
Yeltsin Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University
Email: korzhenkov@ifz.ru
Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek
S. V. Abdieva
Yeltsin Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University
Email: korzhenkov@ifz.ru
Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek
E. V. Deev
Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch; Novosibirsk State University
Email: korzhenkov@ifz.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk; Novosibirsk
T. L. Pavlis
University of Texas
Email: korzhenkov@ifz.ru
United States, El Paso
E. A. Rogozhin
Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth
Email: korzhenkov@ifz.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
I. V. Turova
Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch; Novosibirsk State University
Email: korzhenkov@ifz.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk; Novosibirsk
A. S. Yudakhin
Yeltsin Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University
Email: korzhenkov@ifz.ru
Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek