Traces of ancient earthquakes in medieval cities along the Silk Road, northern Tien Shan and Dzhungaria

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 241-261

  Korjenkov, Andrey ^a   Baipakov, Karl ^b   Chang, Claudia ^c   Peshkov, Yury ^b   Savelieva, Tamara ^b  

^a Kyrgyz Institute of Seismology   (Kyrgyzstan)

^b Institute of History Archaeology and Ethnography A Kh Margulan   (Kazakhstan)

^c SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeoseismology; Dzhungaria; Earthquake damage; Kazakhstan; Medieval cities; Silk Road; Tien Shan

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; SEISMOLOGY;

ASIA; DZHUNGARIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; TIEN SHAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 33646191501     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 13000985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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