SEISMIC DEFORMATIONS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONUMENTS OF MUGKALA AND MUGTEPA (FERGANA DEPRESS, UZBEKISTAN)
1 Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences
2 Mavlyanov Institute of Seismology, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Uzbekistan
3 Tashkent Department of Gulyamov Institute of Archaeological Research, Uzbekistan
4 Gulyamov Institute of Archaeological Research, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Uzbekistan
5 Namangan State University
2 Mavlyanov Institute of Seismology, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Uzbekistan
3 Tashkent Department of Gulyamov Institute of Archaeological Research, Uzbekistan
4 Gulyamov Institute of Archaeological Research, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Uzbekistan
5 Namangan State University
Journal: Problems of Engineering Seismology
Tome: 47
Number: 3
Year: 2020
Pages: 5-27
UDK: 550.34
DOI: 10.21455/VIS2020.3-1
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KORZHENKOV A.M., USMANOVA M.T., ANARBAEV A.A., SAIDOV M., NASRIDDINOV S., ZAKHIDOV T.K. SEISMIC DEFORMATIONS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONUMENTS OF MUGKALA AND MUGTEPA (FERGANA DEPRESS, UZBEKISTAN) // . 2020. Т. 47. № 3. С. 5-27. DOI: 10.21455/VIS2020.3-1
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author = "KORZHENKOV, A. M. and USMANOVA, M. T. and ANARBAEV, A. A. and SAIDOV, M. and NASRIDDINOV, S. and ZAKHIDOV, T. K.",
title = "SEISMIC DEFORMATIONS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONUMENTS OF MUGKALA AND MUGTEPA (FERGANA DEPRESS, UZBEKISTAN)",
journal = "Problems of Engineering Seismology",
year = 2020,
volume = "47",
number = "3",
pages = "5-27",
doi = "10.21455/VIS2020.3-1",
language = "English"
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Keywords: seismic deformations, seismogenic faults, Fergana Valley, ancient earthquakes, Uzbekistan, Namangan region, Western Tien Shan, Kasansay region, Mugkala, Mugtepa
Аnnotation: The article provides data on the geological, tectonical and seismological situation of the region. Results of archaeoseismological field studies of the ancient fortress and castle of Mugkala and Mugtepa in the Fergana Valley (Namangan region, Uzbekistan) are considered. On the archaeological sites, we revealed such characteristic destructions and damages as pitches, inclinations, shaking, sagging, and extend through cracks and inter-brick cracks in the city walls, confirming their seismogenic origin. Similar seismic deformations can be considered as an evidence of the high local intensity of seismic vibrations. It was noted that seismic shocks propagated along the sub-latitudinal axis. Both archaeological sites Mugtepa and Mugkala are located between the North Fergana Fault and the North Fergana flexural-breaks zone. The seismicity of the research area is associated with the development of the Kasansai group of young, quaternary anticlinal folds. А new residence on Mugtepa could be built by new kings of Fergana Valley in the end I c. BC and it was destroyed in I c. AD by a strong earthquake with local seismic intensity I