Earthquakes and ancient site selection in west anatolia

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Tokmak, Musa

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This study investigates the relationship between the ancient settlements in west Anatolia and physical, environmental parameters including topography, rock and morphological classes. Modern settlements are also included in the study to analyze if the response has changed to these parameters from past to the present. The databases created in the study include three topographic attributes (elevation, slope and aspect), rock type, ancient settlements and modern settlements. Analyses performed in the study involve distance and density analyses, morphological analysis; distribution within the rock types both for ancient and modern settlements. The results of the study demonstrated that 1) the active faults produced attractive topography to settle, 2) people preferred the vicinity of the fault line as settlement location, and 3) they were not aware of the earthquake potential of their location. Therefore, because of the advantage of the location they did not consider to change the place as indicated by rebuilding their settlement repeatedly at the same place after it is damaged.

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Earthquakes., Faults (Geology), Extinct cities.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614292/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/21514

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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M. Tokmak, “Earthquakes and ancient site selection in west anatolia,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2012.