The Traces and Chronology of the Strong Historical Earthquakes on Cape Zyuk, East Crimea
Journal: Izvestiya Physics of the Solid Earth
Year: 2019

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 the 6th to the 5th centuries B.C. to the first-third–middle of the 6th century A.D. are presented. The detailed knowledge gained on this monument allowed us to compile the timeline of the strong earthquakes for the past 2500 years. The detection of the seismotectonic deformation of the Late Holocene sediments indicates that the rupture of t