BASILIZNIK-SECRETS
The famous city of Nicaea (now Iznik) was established on the shore of the Lake Iznik (Turkey), 5 km north of the active Middle segment of the North Anatolian Fault (MNAF). In May 325 AD, the city has hosted the first Council of Christians, the founding event of Christian religions. The location of this council remained unknown until Prof. M. Şahin discovered a basilica in the Lake Iznik in 2014 (under 1.5 m of water and 50 m from shore). The basilica was destroyed and submerged after an unknown catastrophic event, probably an earthquake, as suggested by the damage observed on the city’s archaeological remains.
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Projection of the movie Iznik the Sunken Basilica
Projection of the documentary on TV : January 11th 2024 on France 5 (television) at 21h (…)
Newsletter ISTerre Oct 2022
Newsletter ISTerre Oct 2022 https://mailchi.mp/1d8e6304aeaf/lettre-dinformation-trimestrielle-is
New in our team Nicolas Harrichhausen a Postdoc in Paleoseismology from trenches on the Middle branch of the North Anatolian Fault, long term seismology of the MNAF
Duration: 10 months, start sept 2023 (could be adapted) Supervision: Yann Klinger (IPGP) ; Julia (…)