Archaeological Evidence for Modern Coastal Uplift at Diu, Saurashtra Peninsula, India
| Autor: | Miklós Kázmér, S. P. Prizomwala, Balázs Székely, Vishal M. Ukey, Nilesh Bhatt, Danko Taboroši |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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010506 paleontology
Archeology geography Murex Saurashtra geography.geographical_feature_category Pleistocene biology 010502 geochemistry & geophysics Karst biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Archaeology Archaeological evidence Oceanography Peninsula Spring (hydrology) Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Fish Geology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Geoarchaeology. 31:376-387 |
| ISSN: | 0883-6353 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/gea.21575 |
| Popis: | There is a tank hewn into coastal Pleistocene limestone near Diu city on the Saurashtra Peninsula of western India. Site survey and a review of similar structures worldwide provide evidence that this tank could have been used for holding fish or Murex snails. The approximately 5 × 5 m tank is connected to the sea by a 1-m-deep canal; today it would be impossible to use the tank, given that not even the high spring tides can fill it. It is suggested that the Diu coast was uplifted by ∼0.5 m after the tank was hewn in the coastal platform. Since that time, the carved surfaces have been modified by coastal karst dissolution and have developed deep gouge marks. Uplift of the Diu coast raises the possibility of a major seismic event in Diu during the latter part of the last millennium. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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