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Engel, Max ORCID: 0000-0002-2271-4229, Jacobson, Kirstin, Boldt, Katrin, Frenzel, Peter, Katsonopoulou, Dora, Soter, Steven, Zarikian, Carlos A. Alvarez and Brueckner, Helmut (2016). New Sediment Cores Reveal Environmental Changes Driven by Tectonic Processes at Ancient Helike, Greece. Geoarchaeology, 31 (2). S. 140 - 156. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1520-6548

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Abstract

According to various historical sources an earthquake and an associated tsunami wiped out the Greek city of Helike on the Gulf of Corinth in 373 B.C. This study combines stratigraphical data from a new series of sediment cores with archaeological findings of the Helike Project to better assess the fate of Helike. Abrupt lithological changes, for example, from coarse-grained littoral facies at the base to fine-grained lagoonal deposits, in three of the new cores suggest sudden formation of lagoonal or lacustrine conditions in the central delta during tectonic events of subsidence due to fault-slip. These events date before c. 2550 B.C., before 348 cal. B.C.-64 cal. A.D. (probably 373 B.C.), and before 1437-1634 cal. A.D. (probably A.D. 1402). Vertically displaced isochronic surfaces between two neighboring cores may be related to active faulting of the fan-delta north of the Western Helike Fault Zone in 373 B.C. and A.D. 1402. Although the Helike Project reported possible tsunami evidence in earlier cores and trenches, no unequivocal sedimentary traces of a tsunami were identified in the Classical horizons of the new cores. (C) 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Engel, Max UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2271-4229 UNSPECIFIED Jacobson, Kirstin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Boldt, Katrin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Frenzel, Peter UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Katsonopoulou, Dora UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Soter, Steven UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Zarikian, Carlos A. Alvarez UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Brueckner, Helmut UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-283222
DOI:	10.1002/gea.21540
Journal or Publication Title:	Geoarchaeology
Volume:	31
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 140 - 156
Date:	2016
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1520-6548
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language EASTERN ELIKI FAULT; CORINTH GULF; SLIP RATES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; LATE QUATERNARY; HOLOCENE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HISTORY; UPLIFT Multiple languages Archaeology; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/28322