Ancient earthquakes in the Roman city of Baelo Claudia (Cádiz, South of Spain): Fifteen years of archaeosimology research [Los terremotos antiguos del conjunto arqueológico romano de Baelo Claudia (Cádiz, Sur de España): Quince años de investigación arqueosismológica]
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UAM. Departamento de Geología y GeoquímicaPublisher
CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientificasDate
2016-06-23Citation
10.3989/egeol.42284.392.
Estudios Geologicos 72.1 (2016): e050
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0367-0449 (print)DOI
10.3989/egeol.42284.392.Funded by
Este trabajo ha sido financiado por sucesivos proyectos de investigación en la zona desde el año 2001 y en la actualidad por los Proyectos de Investigación CGL2015-67169-P (USAL: QTECTSPAIN), CGL2012-37281-C02.01 (USAL: QTECTBÉTICA) y CGL2012-33430 (MNCN, CSIC). Es una aportación del grupo de Trabajo de Tectónica Activa, Paleosismología y Arqueosismología (QTEC-AEQUA)Project
Gobierno de España. CGL2015-67169-P; Gobierno de España. CGL2012-37281-C02.01; Gobierno de España. CGL2012-33430Editor's Version
http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/egeol.42284.392Subjects
Archeoseismology; Baelo claudia; Earthquake archaeological effects (eaes); Gibraltar strait; South Spain; GeologíaNote
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© 2016 CSICAbstract
This work illustrates the state of the art on archaeoseismology of the ancient Roman city of Baelo Claudia (Tarifa, Cádiz) after nearly fifteen years of research. This ancient Roman site was affected by two earthquakes in the years AD 40-60 and AD 260-290 which promoted important urban and architectural changes and eventually the destruction and further abandonment of the city in AD 365-390. Earthquake Archaeoseismological Effects (EAEs) are catalogued, described and mapped in the entire monumental sector of the city mainly witnessing the last earthquake which occurred in AD 260-290. Mapping of oriented EAEs illustrate damage distribution all over the lower sector of the city, as well as the occurrence of suspect coseismic landslide and tsunami events. The structural analysis of oriented EAEs throughout the entire mapped sector suggests that the intervening ground motion was preferentially oriented in a SW to NE direction. The geoarchaeological analysis and some relevant archaeological anomalies, strongly suggest the occurrence of coeval tsunami events during both ancient earthquakes, pointing to the occurrence of an offshore seismic source SSW of the city. Several N-S normal faults have been identified around the Bolonia Bay area and some of them continue offshore SSW of Baelo Claudia. These faults with clear Quaternary activity can be considered as the more probable seismic sources for the events affecting the ancient Roman site and they are consistent with the mapped damage orientation displayed by the structural analysis of EAEs within the old Roman city
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