Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Helike, the Achaean Dodecapolis capital, in the Corinth Gulf, Greece, was, according to historical sources, devastated and disappeared from sight during an earthquake followed by sea invasion on to land in 373/372 B.C. A marine remote sensing survey, which was carried out to examine a landslide following a 6.2 R earthquake in 1995, that affected the coastal and near-shore delta plain zone on which Helike stood, accompanied by onshore borehole data, enabled us to postulate the geological processes leading to the Helike catastrophe. Helike was initially leveled during a 6 to 6.7 R earthquake; it is postulated to have then submerged following a translational landslide caused by liquefaction. This Helike catastrophe model is consistent with historical sources and current views regarding the expected geological hazards magnitude in the Gulf.
Source: Remote Sensing
DOI: 10.3390/rs70201263
Institution: University of Patras
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology (arts and humanities)
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,258
OpenAlex ID: W2088334757